What do you fear? Advent Poems
What do you fear? Advent Poems
[This resource is one of many included in our What do you fear? Advent Bundle]
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This collection of eight poems explores the What do you fear? theme and weekly sub-themes and scriptures for Advent–Epiphany. Honest and intimate, these poems offer meditations that might become prayers of your own. We hope you might adapt them for worship liturgy, use them to open and close programming events, or print them as they are for members in your community to read and return to throughout the Advent season.
Poems written by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed.
DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
9 pg PDF print-ready file of the poems (for you to print and distribute to members, or copy/paste for worship liturgy).
PDF includes seven poetic prayers with the following titles and themes:In the Time of Herod | In the time of Herod, we long for God to break in
God in the Kitchen | When we’re running out of hope, God is at work
The First Step | Even in our fear, we are called forward
Tethered | When you’re afraid, give me your hand
Honeysuckle | Good news is louder than fear
Until We Reach the Sun | Let fear fuel a fire for justice
A Step Toward Home | Fear doesn’t stop us
Choices to Make | Fear doesn’t stop us
USES:
Print the poems and distribute them to members in your community
Adapt the poems as your Call to Worship or opening prayer for worship
Use the poetry in a bible study group or Sunday school
Use the poetry as a meditation during the sermon
Use the poetry to inspire your own liturgy and sermon writing
Print the poetry in your bulletin (perhaps as the bulletin cover)
EXCERPT:
We allow a hungry cry to slip from our lips,
giving our lament a life of its own (with room to dance!).
And when all of that is said and done, we whisper to our creator,
God, break through the yelling and the fear. Break through the violence and the oppression.
Get past the Herods of this world, and come be here.
Like every bleeding heart before, we pray for a miracle.
—Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed, excerpt from “In the Time of Herod”
CREDIT INFO:
When printing and sharing online or in worship, please always include the following credits:
Poem by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
