Living Psalm 126 – Lent 5C

Living Psalms Book

Psalms in the form of words and art, reborn in the specific contexts of our world, privileging the voices of historically marginalized communities and those acting in solidarity with them.

I had a dream.
I had a dream I was dancing.
And my body’s usually awkward.
But this time I flowed
with the music
in rhythm.

Other bodies joined
all around me – different
steps but elation effervesced,
and we laughed, all of us hearing
the sound of Soul’s music
keening and calling.

I’d cried
for my being’s failure
to meet expectations put on me
in so many ways, but now
my dreams remember
Home is here.

Living Psalm for Lent 5C: Psalm 126 was written by Sharon Benton.
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Living Psalms Book is created by UCC Witness & Worship Artists’ Group, a Network of UCC connected artists, activists and ministers bridging the worship and liturgy of the local church with witness and action in the community. Maren Tirabassi, editor

Logo is detail from Living Psalm 80 by Sophia Beardemphl, Redwoods, CA. Recovering from significant bullying, Sophia, age nine, read Psalm 80 and thought of brokenness that needs mending. She drew this broken and mended bowl.

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