At a recent meeting of those dreaming of what mission and community transformation might look like, Dave Helm shared this poem he had written; we loved it and we think you will too!
A Call to Dream
Come all you dreamers, schemers, kingdom seekers,
laid down lovers and truth speakers,
Prophets and prayers, creatives and seers:
I had a dream of dreamers dreaming, I saw a place with prayers praying,
Prophets speaking creative words And the heart of God leaning
To hear the quietest flicker of hoping and yearning
I heard an invitation to an open session of sharing and dreaming, seeking to hear
The Spirit’s yearning for the birth of a vision of what might be
With eyes and hearts wide open to see the possibility, the turning of a key
To unlock the potential and creativity. On the site of transformation a call to conversation
Open conversation with no prior reservation
To know the heart of God, to bare our hearts in love
For our fellow man, let’s do what we can
Fling wide the doors, open wide the gates to community,
to others, also sisters and brothers
Perchance to dream, perchance to dream of what if and what might be
To seek our destiny in each others’ company with humility and transparency
Until our hearts can see the possibility of God’s heart joined with my heart, each playing their part
What if there is enough? What if the vision forms?
What if my heart catches God’s heart
What if every mountain is laid low and every wall becomes a step up
Towards the next unfolding vision of lives turning, peace forming, prison doors opening
And loving the one we transform the town, loving the one we transform our world,
Loving the world we transform ourselves
I had a dream of dreamers dreaming, of lovers talking
Prayers praying and prophets walking, and as we spoke with hearts broken
No words spoken, just tears flowing, I heard God saying:
Broken hearts are my building blocks
What seems unyielding will break like rocks being broken
What’s spoken I give this token:
Do your thing even if it’s a wing and a prayer
What’s spoken will come to be
I give you liberty to look and see
Possibility, positivity, probability,
Prayerfully powerfully come to be
Come to me you broken and powerless
Forgotten and homeless
Unformed and hopeless
Resourceless and cause-free
Listen to me
Be who you want to be, loving and free to lay down your lives in sympathy
for the other who doesn’t look like you or me
And listen with your heart
To know what might be
Will be.
Dave Helm 20.10.17