ELECTION PRAYER

YOU CREATOR GOD
              WHO HAS ORDERED US
                    IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES,
                    IN CLANS AND TRIBES,
                    IN STATES AND NATIONS.

YOU CREATOR GOD
              WHO ENACT YOUR GOVERNANCE
                     IN WAYS OVERT AND
                     IN WAYS HIDDEN.
               YOU EXERCISE YOUR WILL FOR
                     PEACE AND FOR JUSTICE AND FOR FREEDOM.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE PEACEABLE ORDER OF
    OUR NATION AND FOR THE CHANCE OF CHOOSING---
          ALL THE MANIPULATIVE MONEY NOTWITHSTANDING.

WE PRAY NOW FOR NEW GOVERNANCE
    THAT YOUR WILL AND PURPOSE MAY PREVAIL,
    THAT OUR LEADERS MAY HAVE A SENSE
          OF JUSTICE AND GOODNESS,
    THAT WE AS CITIZENS MAY CARE ABOUT THE
          PUBLIC FACE OF YOUR PURPOSE.

WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS WHO WAS EXECUTED
     BY THE AUTHORITIES.

Walter Brueggemann-Prayers for a Privileged People