Folks often ask about the Charge and Benediction I use when leading worship. It has gone through many shifts and changes over the past 20+ years and is a mishmash of words and phrases picked up and passed down.
A few years ago, I did shift two phrases, and I still tweak the whole thing every once in a while, but here it is as it stands today.
Go forth into the world with compassion and justice in your heart Hear voices of the long-silenced See strength in that which has been deemed weak
See one another Hear one another Care for one another And love one another
It’s all that easy And it’s all that hard
Now may the grace of Christ The love of God And the power of the Holy Spirit Be with us all, now and forevermore
And all God’s people say, AMEN
I love that so many folks have gravitated to the It’s all that easy. And it’s all that hard phrasing, so please feel free to use it and attribute and link back to this post as able.
