Blessing for Good Conversation
Written by Emma Donohew for Pub Church February 2022

As you enter into the conversation
May you make space for openness
Pull up a chair for authenticity
And try not to control the path of the words that will guide you

Allow yourself room
As you push aside distractions for other voices to enter your perspective

When interrupting feels almost inevitable
Breathe Slowly
Encounter your quickness with compassion
And wait
Listen
Wait a little longer

Recall the Sacred is found in the spaces between us
Holding what is said and unsaid

May you find words for your own experience
As your listening is deepened
Encountering every rushed judgment with grace

Let the words
like Blessings
Find you
In Each Holy Conversation
Amen.

Photo by Etienne Boulanger on Unsplash