1. In Christ we live, whose life was more than teaching love and doing good. In Christ we meet, whose trust in God derision, fear, and hate withstood. 2. In Christ we hope, whose death exposed the evil bent, the tragic flaw in leaders, followers, and friends, religion, government, and law. 3. In Christ we grieve the trampled lives of people shunned, abused, oppressed. In Christ we vow to serve the weak and lobby for the dispossessed. 4. And if we find out how and when to show them they are not alone, we will not proudly be their voice, but humbly help them find their own. 5. Their kindness, anger, or distrust are angels, calling us to see the fear, the need to have and hold, that frame our own captivity. 6. In Christ we live, and life is more than learning love and doing good, so praise, and pray, and trust in God who makes the earth our neighborhood.