Anger – Re-Imagining Worship

Praying from Below: Looking to our Roots

by Janay Salcedo-Kinsey How are we to pray from below? We must look back to our roots, to our indigenous

Evil One, I see you. I see what you’re doing. You may think I’m dumb. You might think I’m naïve.

How dare you sit high and judge me when you don’t even know me? How dare you speak of “opportunities”

This song was made in honor of a transgender woman who was seeking asylum in a country in Europe. It

I’m angry because your people who go to your church do not welcome the weary and the exploited. I’m angry

The congregation is invited to respond in the words written in bold. God we approach you heartbroken and naked. We

God, I’m angry because people lost their sense of love. I’m angry because life is sometimes unfair. I’m angry because

This prayer was very difficult for all of us. The person who said this prayer presented it so vividly and

Anger Spitball: ill-treatment and passivity towards that ill treatment. Violence women: rape of girls. God where are you?? Husbands and

(Adapted from an East London-Eastern Cape ecumenical service on gender based violence) This prayer of anger, confession and intercession can