In The Silence, Name Me

by  Ted Loder

Holy One,

untamed

by the names

I give you,

in the silence

name me,

that I may know

who I am,

hear the truth

you have put into me,

trust the love

you have for me,

which you call me to live out

with my sisters and brothers

in your human family

Excerpt from Guerillas of Grace, available from FAW

Ted‘s imaginative leadership — described as a breath of fresh air — led the First United Methodist Church of Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania in a refreshing openness to hard questions, to change, and to justice for almost 40 years.