[Moderator's Note: The following, forwarded to me by Frank Baldwin, seems particularly appropriate for the coming Pentecost - also "National Day of Dissent" - and for the reformation and transformation, through the Spirit, currently underway in the PC(USA).]
Come as the wind, come as the dove,
come as fierce refining fire;
come fill my soul with your wild presence:
renew, transform, inspire;
Spirit, come.
Come, Holy Spirit, come with power;
come burst all my walls apart.
Sparks which ignite the splintered tinder
of my poor, broken heart
come from you.
You give me words to sear my lips,
visions to appall my eye.
You overwhelm my failing courage.
The tears which wring me dry
come from you.
I am a clinging, withered leaf
held to winter's branch by fear.
The wind which rips me from my safety
to dance upon the air
comes from you.
Come as the wind, come as the dove,
come as fierce refining fire;
come, fill my soul with your wild presence:
renew, transform, inspire;
Spirit, come.