let's risk the ocean

Disturb us, Lord,

When we are

too pleased

with ourselves.

When our dreams have

come true

because we have

dreamed too little.

When we have arrived safely

because we have

sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord,

When with the abundance of

things we possess,

we have lost our thirst

for the waters of life,

having fallen in love with life,

we have ceased to dream of eternity,

and in our efforts to build a

new earth,

we have allowed our vision of the

new heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord,

to dare more boldly,

to venture on wider seas,

where storms will

show your mastery,

where losing sight of land,

we shall find the stars.

We ask you to push back the

horizon of our hopes,

and to push us into the future

in strength, courage, hope and love.

This we ask in the name of our Captain,

who is Jesus Christ

Sir Frances Drake