Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.
Where there is apathy, let me provoke;
Where there is compliance, let me bring questioning;
Where there is silence, may I be a voice.
Where there is too much comfort and too little action, grant disruption;
Where there are doors closed and hearts locked,
Grant the willingness to listen.
When laws dictate and pain is overlooked…
When tradition speaks louder than need…
Grant that I may seek rather to do justice than to talk about it;
Disturb us, O Lord.
To be with, as well as for, the alienated;
To love the unlovable as well as the lovely;
Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.
~ I believe this was written by Sir Francis Drake
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| Chapel at the Jvaris Mlonastery near Tbilisi, Georgia by Caroline Carson, 2015 |
The Adventures of Parson Carson 
so thought provoking, challenging.
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Powerful! May I have permission to use it? I will certainly give you credit for your Words of Wisdom. It is so enlightening. Peace and All Good
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Hi Therese, as you might see at the bottom of the prayer, it’s attributed to Sir Francis Drake. I say use it as you like, give him the credit 🙂
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Is this the Sir Francis Drake prayer you are referring?
https://renovare.org/articles/disturb-us-lord
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Yes! I believe so. I made this post all the way back in 2015 and I guess, at the time, I hadn’t seen this one that you are sharing, but some other site where this arrangement / version was made. Thanks for this info and your link!
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It is definitely another inspiration for MSW studies. Thank you.
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“my MSW studies”
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