anti-purity culture prayer

God of intimacy and delight, you have created us in splendor, clothed us in majesty and knitted us with specks of glory and gold.

You have breathed life into our sacred bodies and invited us to commune with you, as we are, without shame.

God who delights in color and curve, who shaped hips and shoulders with intentional grace. Help us to remember that we are works of art and worthy of celebration.

Goddess of the cosmos and creation, strengthen our voices to name that which is good, holy and embodied. 

Embolden us to find pleasure in our bodies and our beauty outside of the lens of what others have deemed pure. For in you there is freedom and choice.

God of desire and yearnings, continue to reveal your sacred presence in all that we do and wrap us in your divine care.

Strengthen us to count the blessings of our expression as a gift and not be moved by those who count bodies as a means to control.

Goddess of nebulus and nature, you dance between mystery and matter. Teach us to trust the wisdom of the songs of our flesh.

Unbind us from theology that shames. Let our consent be sacred, our boundaries blessed, our joy unashamed, and our connections rooted in love.

In the name of the Holy Lover, Fierce Mother, Breath of Becoming we pray.

Rev. Shana Green