SOMETIMES THE HEART KNOWS BETTER

SOMETIMES THE HEART KNOWS BETTER THAN THE RULES

 

SOMETIMES THE HEART KNOWS BETTER THAN THE RULES

 

I’M REMINDED OF A THEOLOGY CLASS

WHERE THE PROFESSOR ASKED A QUESTION

 

CAN A STILLBORN CHILD BE BAPTIZED

IF THE PARENTS WISH

 

WHILE THE SCHOLARS DEBATED

HOW MANY ANGELS

ON A HEAD OF A NEEDLE

THE TEACHER WAS QUIET

 

FINALLY HE QUOTED PASCAL

 

THE HEART HAS REASONS

THAT THE REASON NEVER KNEW

 

BAPTIZE THE CHILD

 

DOES THE GOD WHO EXISTED BEFORE TIME

WHO WILL EXIST AFTER TIME

NOT KNOW WHAT THE PARENTS WISHED FOR THEIR CHILD

 

WHO MADE THESE RULES

 

I’VE BEEN READING TILLICH’S

HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

IT’S A WONDER THE CHURCH SURVIVED

 

WHEN DID CHRIST SAY

 

KILL THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU

OR JUST DIFFER WITH YOU

 

WHAT DID CHRIST SAY

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

 

AS I HAVE FIRST LOVED YOU

 

BAPTIZE THE CHILD

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER