At the end of the wick (a prayer)

December 18, 2016 Martha Spong

The end is coming.
Darkness lies on the earth,
our batteries run down,
gas gauge in the empty zone,
printer flashing “low ink.”

The longest night draws near.
The news is unreadable.
We turn off the television,
or change the channel,
tune the radio to music.

The candles burn lower.
At the end of the wick,
we pray for fuel,
to be Your change in the world.
Burn in us, O Love!

Published by Martha Spong

Martha Spong is a United Church of Christ pastor, a clergy coach, editor of The Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle, and coauthor of Denial is My Spiritual Practice (and Other Failures of Faith) with Rachel Hackenberg. View all posts by Martha Spong

3 thoughts on “At the end of the wick (a prayer)”

ncyjoygries says:

December 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm

Martha, In reading some of your posts and scanning, even more, I see and hear a person who sounds like a Blessing to the World at large. Thank you.

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1. Martha Spong says:
  
  December 20, 2016 at 9:13 pm
  
  Thank you for your kind words. Merry Christmas to you.
  
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Katherine Willis Pershey says:

December 21, 2016 at 5:35 pm

Amen.

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