I liked this one so much I decided to borrow it for my own blog post. It’s by Douglas McKelvey and it’s for those who are seeking biblical community. I’ve been learning recently that there’s a reason why there are no Lone Ranger Christians in the Bible. We were designed and created for community. We’re better together. So here’s the post (with a link to the actual liturgy at the end):

"Good Father Who Gives Good Gifts
to His Children,

Like Abraham, in a step of faith 
I have journeyed from the comforting 
sameness of all I once knew—my family 
and home, my friends, my neighborhood, 
my church, my old school, my settled 
rhythms and routines. 

I have moved far from all 
that was familiar, foundational, 
and steadying. The distance is 
disorienting in ways I did not foresee. 

For now I have little to anchor my life. 
That organic and interconnected web of 
community was so deep a part of my identity. 

In this new place
I do not know
where I fit.

I feel myself adrift.
       So let my life here take root, 
       O Christ, and flourish again, 
       nurtured by your Spirit 
       and your people, and
       bearing good fruit in time.
I do not yet have here the same 
resources of vital relationship 
to sustain me.

I feel like a weary pioneer recently arrived 
with one meager pack of supplies,
who must now find a good place
to begin to carve out a homestead,
a place to sink new roots in hopes
of finding good soil for flourishing. 
A meaningful life must somehow be
constructed in this open prairie 
of undefined possibilities.

O God, I am lonely here.
But you are present with me.
I am unmoored,
but you are my anchor.
I am unsteady.
But you are my rock.

Now lead me into good community.
Let me forge new friendships.
Give me a place in this place. 
Graft me in to your Body, and into 
this community, in ways that I might be 
blessed, and also be a blessing. Plant me 
in places where I might find delight—in 
serving and in receiving, in fellowship 
and celebration, in sharing the many joys 
and griefs and labors, and small and 
meaningful moments of which friendships 
and fellowships and the community 
of saints are finally built.
       So let my life here take root, 
       O Christ, and flourish again, 
       nurtured by your Spirit 
       and your people, and
       bearing good fruit in time.

Use now even this time of disorientation
to draw my heart closer to yours; to teach
me how better to trust and hope
in your promises, how better
to rest in your love. 

Let whatever hardships I endure 
for a time be turned—under the sway 
of your Spirit—into a more mindful 
and active compassion extended toward 
others who might suffer similar dismay. 

Give me grace enough that I might, 
even in my own season of discomfort, 
still offer friendship and fellowship to 
others who also struggle to find their place.
Let us build good community
and strong friendship
by serving one another.
       So let my life here take root, 
       O Christ, and flourish again, 
       nurtured by your Spirit 
       and your people, and
       bearing good fruit in time.
       Amen."

https://rabbitroom.substack.com/p/a-liturgy-for-seeking-to-find-your