The Great Turning

A glass ball, held in a person’s hand at the sea shore, acts as a lens and shows an inverted image of the sea and the sunset sky. The image in the glass ball is sharp and in focus; the actual sea and sky, visible around the ball, is out of focus.

In these wild, historic, and uncertain times, we gather
to remember who we are,
who we belong to,
and what we are called to do.

As we light this chalice, we kindle the spirit of the great turning:
the movement for justice alive in this nation today.

May we feel it in our bones,
and in the stillness of this hour, may we sense it calling our name.