We dedicate ourselves to the children. We dedicate ourselves to the good of the earth, from which the trees come and to which we all return. We seek to move and to make friends. We seek creativity. May our lives be blessed by the joy of play and the connections of friends.
-Adapted from words written to dedicate a playground by Jonalu Johnstone
Find something that brings you the unbridled joy of children on a playground today.
Jonalu Johnstone was a friend of mine before she was a minister. What a nice surprise to see her name pop up today.
I think it is so weird that you didn’t use “Rev. Jonalu Johnstone”.
When we quote people who have offered their words to Unitarian Universalist congregations through Worship Web, we credit them as they are credited there. While many contributors are ministers, many are not. We mean no disrespect to Rev. Johnstone, whose words can be found here in their unadapted form: https://www.uua.org/worship/words/blessing/playground-dedication