JESUS THINKS OUT LOUD

 

JESUS THINKS OUT LOUD

 

I PREACH CHRIST

AND HIM CRUCIFIED

SO SINGS PAUL

MY TROUBADOUR

 

 

SO SING ALSO

THOSE WHO SAY THEY FOLLOW ME

 

THEY HAVE CRUCIFIXES

WHICH SHOW ME

 IN DIFFERENT STAGES

OF AGONY

TRANSITIONING

TO A TRIUMPHANT

MAJESTIC ME

 

THEY HAVE BARE CROSSES

TO SYMBOLIZE

I HAVE RISEN

 

I FIND IT ODD

TO PREACH

CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED

TO AN EMPTY CROSS

BUT THAT’S A PERSONAL QUIRK

 

WHETHER YOU BELIEVE

I DIED FOR YOUR SINS

IN A KIND OF A COURTROOM DRAMA

 

OR TO LOOSE THE GRASP

OF SATAN UPON YOU

THIS SATAN

THAT GOES ABOUT

SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR

 

WHATEVER

 

THE IMPORTANT THING IS

I DIED FOR YOU

 

 

BUT MORE IMPORTANT

TO ME

IS THAT I CAME

TO START A NEW WAY OF LIFE

WHICH WAY

IS OFTEN

IGNORED

 

WHICH BEGS

THE QUESTION

OF MY DEATH

 

WHY BOTHER

 

WHY BOTHER INDEED

 

BECAUSE I LOVE THEM

WARTS AND ALL

 

BECAUSE

OCCASIONALLY

 THERE’S A SPARK OF LIGHT

 

MOTHER TERESAA

MARTIN LUTHER

MARTIN LUTHER KING

NELSON MANDELA

OSCAR ROMERO

DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

LECH WALESA

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

 

 

MOTHERS AND FATHERS STRUGGLING TO RAISE A FAMILY

ELDERLY PARENTS BEING CARED FOR

THOSE WHO CONSIDER NO PERSON IS UNIMPORTANT

THOSE WHO WELCOME THE STRANGER IN THEIR MIDST

 

 

MY CHURCH

 

HAS BEEN MADE TOO NARROW

 

 

WITH ITS HISTORY

IT SHOULD HAVE FAILED

BUT DIDN’T

 

 

BECAUSE OF GRANDMOTHERS

ROCKING BABIES ASLEEP

 

 

TEACHING CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

ABOUT GENTLE JESUS

AND HIS WAY

 

 

MY CHURCH SURVIVED

A RAMSHACKLE EDIFICE

 

IT WOULD BE WELL

FOR THE POMPOUS TO ADMIT IT

 

 

TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE

THAN STRUCTURE

 

 

WOULD I DIE FOR THEM AGAIN

IN A HEARTBEAT

END OF SENTENCE

 

 

IN A HEARTBEAT

 

FRANK A VOLLMER