Transitions define who we are and how we deal with life’s vagaries
Some prefer to live in the present and take from the world what we will
Others choose to plan for change that may never come and worry about the future
Still the majority desire to live in the past, satisfied to tell redundant stories
I choose to ask questions that doubt our importance in a secular world

We once looked at our world in awe, a harbinger of God’s beauty and promise
Instead we trip over trash left by those who consume too much and care too little
History teaches us that our self-importance and insular thinking
Gives us a false sense of security based on sameness and comfort
Too bad, more don’t take chances in life and test constraints imposed by the majority

Incremental thought is best left to a consumer society that enslaves the minority
At the expense of gaining insight into our individual strengths that challenge
And beckon us beyond mediocrity towards a renaissance that can only occur
If we allow all God’s children to express themselves without fear of reprisal
And allow the truth to set us free as promised in the Good Book

Religious tenets maintain the status quo under the guise of reformed theology
No wonder our churches are dying and being replaced by those who choose to
Live for now rather than atone for past sins of our religious and secular forefathers
If we are to understand the meaning of fellowship then we must put aside
Our petty grievances and narcissistic wounds that divide and foster enmity

Unite us, Father and Mother to a universal church
That includes, rather than excludes
That loves, rather than hates
That reasons rather than deal in ignorant epithets
Bring together people of all races, gender and beliefs

In a world devoid of fear and inflated egos
In a world free of hate and false prophets
In a world that includes rather than excludes
In a world of God’s original design and grandeur
Only then can we call ourselves children of God