{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Prayers and Ponderings","title":"Prayer: Election Time, with the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9d3b4b6e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":276,"description":"Election Time - A Prayer\nHoly God, Form us with loving resolve To bear Your light and hope Into a season fraught With fear and despair. Form our thoughts With Your alive Word of Love Able to fashion new creations Out of every crushing chaos. Mold our hearts  Into vessels of grace Sorely needed in every time But especially needed In this present moment. Fashion our words  With a grace that celebrates And builds up the beloved other Forming space for thriving Of body, mind and spirit.\nStrengthen our resistance To everything within and around That dares to diminish  Your vision of a world made new Where everyone joyfully thrives.\nTransform the world  Again and again and again With Your Holy Christ-love, And break down every division, Giving space for new beginnings In answer to every death Daring to claim the final word. Raise in us Your resurrection, Always offered as Holy gift Calling us forward in love For the good of the other Planting your just peace Throughout the whole creation. Yes, bless us for this  High and Holy calling Revealed with Your  Spirit-born Christ-light Able to dispel every night Of our misguided making. And may Your deep love form us,  Heart, mind, body, and soul Into a resolution of grace Able to heal the world.\n-DMLH, November 2024","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iykltkcY696E49X9RtKA2dwpLdGNeOD4AbYktXEVdOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzMDQxLzE2NTk5/NzU1ODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}