This call to worship and greeting from God originally appeared in "Our Living Guarantee—Easter 3: Living the Guarantee of a Better Vision."
Gathering Sentences
Alleluia! The Lord is risen!
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
All you saints, sing your hearts out to Yahweh!
Thank God face to face!
God gets angry once in a while,
but across a lifetime there is only love.
The nights of crying your eyes out
give way to days of laughter.
When things were going great,
I crowed, "I've got it made.
I'm Yahweh's favorite.
God made me king of the mountain."
Then you looked the other way
and I fell to pieces.
I called out to you, O Lord;
I laid my case before you.
You did it: you changed my wild lament
into a whirling dance;
you ripped off my black mourning band
and decked me with wildflowers.
I'm about to burst into song;
I cannot keep quiet about you.
Jehovah, my God,
I cannot thank you enough.
May all the best from God and Christ be yours.
Grace be with you.
—adapted from Psalm 30:4–8, 11–12 MSG
Revised Common Lectionary
Year B: Season after Pentecost—Proper 8 (13)
Year C: Easter—Third Sunday of Easter
Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 5 (10)
Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 9 (14)
