A Springtime Prayer
How did Native Americans feel about spring? Do we have any clues about their tradition? As we celebrate the beauty of spring, receive this verse from the Chinook SongBook. The Chinook tribe lived in the northwest, in the states we now call Oregon and Washington, extending into Canada. Here is a paraphrase of their springtime prayer:
“May we today be touched by grace, fascinated and moved by this your creation,
Energized by the power of new growth at work in your world.
“May we move beyond viewing this life only through a frame, but
Touch it and be touched by it,
Know it and be known by it,
Love it and be loved by it.
“May spring come to us, be in us and recreate life in us. Amen.”
--Ben Keckler
03.29.12
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