Open the Door, A Little Wider
For the wanderers, the herders, and the tricksters
For twelve sons of one father and 4 women
For their quarreling, headstrong, frustrating children
For their tenacious, faithful, welcoming children
Open the door a little wider
For the family of faith
For their nearest neighbors
For outcasts who joined them
For faithful who wanted a deeper connection
For the neighbors a little farther away
For the neighbors a long way off.
Open the door a little wider
For those who share our customs and our food
For those who drifted from the traditions
For those who were left out or left behind
For those who never knew the customs
For those who never ate the way we did and do
Open the door a little wider
For the ones who made the rules
For those who adjusted the rules
For those who called the rules into question
For those who could not follow ALL the rules
For those broke the rules and came back.
For those who never knew the rules but wanted a deeper connection
Open the door a little wider
For the old and young,
and the days in-between
For the men and women
and those who are both and neither
For those who fit in.
and those who have not found their place
For the seekers,
and for the sought
For the lost
and for the found
Open the door a little wider
For everyone made in the image of god
For every soul looking for a place to belong
For everyone should be welcome here
