Gordon's Benediction

Adapted from Rev. William Sloane Coffin

May the Lord bless you and keep you;

may God make God's face to sh

ine upon you and be gracious to you;

may God give you grace never to sell yourself short;

grace to risk something big for something good;

grace to remember the world is now

too dangerous for anything but the truth,

and too small for anything but love.

So may God take your minds and think through them;

may God take your lips and speak through them;

may God take your hearts and set them on fire.

Through the creator, redeemer, and sustainer.

Amen.