Lord's Prayer Series / Divine Collaboration

Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven'

God’s will, what in goodness name is that?!
Perhaps the answer is in the question…God’s Goodness is God’s will.
God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven…this takes our participation, accomplices and Divine Collaboration.  Not waiting on God’s will to intervene but working with God and people together.  People willing to share God’s Goodness and love and hope and compassion.  Those who choose to be God’s Goodness now and for the future and for the ever-after are  proof of God’s will on earth as it is within God.   
 
Who are some living examples of Divine Collaborators working with God to bring this Goodness into our world?  Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints is a book created by Daneen Akers that began as a Kickstarter campaign.  I was very happy to contribute to this amazing book filled with the stories of Divine Collaborators of God's Goodness.  
 
The holy troublemakers and unconventional saints in this book are people of faith who have worked for love, compassion, inclusion and justice in their own corners of the world, even when that meant rocking the boat of the communities of faith they come from.
While their lives look very different, what each troublemaker and saint have in common is that they use their faith in love and God’s goodness for the good and betterment of everyone.   
 
Let me introduce you to some of these Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints from Daneen Akers Book and what of God's Goodness they have to share. 
 
Mary Magdalene, Disciple of Jesus: 'Everyone is called to share Good News'.
Alice Paul, Women's Rights Activist:  'Resistance to exclusion is Godly'.
Fred Rodgers, Minister & Children's advocate: Learning to appreciate each other is sacred.
Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals: 'Peaceful service to others is serving God'.
Cindy Wang Brandt, Author: 'Inclusion is more important than any religion'.
Harriet Tubman,  Abolitionist and Political Activist: 'Everyone can help another be free.'
Rabbi Regina Jonas, First Ordained Female Rabbi: 'Prejudice cannot stop us from what we are called to be'.
Amanda Gorman, Poet: 'We can write our own Liberation'.
Rachel Held Evans, Author and Blogger:  'It’s OK to have big question and doubts'.
Kaitlin Curtice, Potawatomi Nation Ingenious Spiritual Leader: 'Sharing stories of origin create belonging.'
Maryam Molkara, Iranian Transgender Activist: 'Being True to yourself frees others'.
Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Activist: 'Non-Violent protest is Holy Action'.
  
Maybe we, humanity at our best and most loving, are God’s will…
 
We all have been created with the abilities and the possibilities to be Goodness in the world.  To be called to serve others, to share God’s peace, to model the actions of Jesus’ and other holy troublemakers and unconventional saints.   
We must participate in the labor of co-creation with God through living and loving and co-creating God’s Goodness on earth as is within God. ​

Our God,
Whose Art is Heaven,                                                                
Holy is Your name! 
Holy are you, Holy am I, Holy are we together.   
May Your radical Kin-dom come,
A Divine Collaboration between us,
in the here and the now, and in the ever-after. 

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