The Unkinking - A Litany
Leader: Lord at times our lives feel like we are clenched. Like a tightly wound leather ball that has shrunk in the sun, old corn cobs left in the field, a wayward turtle.
Injuries bind us. Yet we resist letting go. We are reluctant to unwind.
Even stand-offish about healing………..Our innards are verklempt.
People: Verklempt
Leader: Ferhootzed
People: Ferhootzed
Leader: Causing us to moan
People: Ohhhhhh, Ohhhhh, Ohhhhh
Leader: Wail
People: Wahhhhh Wahhhhh Wahhhhhh
Leader: Even a heavy sigh.
People: (big) Sighhhh………..
Leader: But we know Lord. That you have a way. To unfold, detangle and yes even unkink us.
People: (Random shouts - make up your own phrase.)
Release the Kink….. Unkink Us…..No more kinking. Unkink me Lord…Twist be gone.
Leader: (letting the shouts die down)
Lord, you are the great Unkinker. Free us from the spasm of our thoughts and the knee jerk words we sometimes speak. Let our worries be opened up and flow out freely. Like smoked kielbasa in a new casing. Unkink us today. Unkink…..
People: (softly) Ahhhhhhh
Leader: Amen
People: Mmmmmm