Only their names

After Acts 6:1-7

Seven appointed to serve,

the same reason for all:

seven men of good repute,

seven full of the spirit,

seven infused with wisdom,

seven who pleased the people

with service fair and impartial.

Two became famous; 

five did not. We have

their names, names implying

conversion from the Greek:

Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon,

Parmenas, Nicolas. Names

appear for a brief moment,

then submerge in the river

of time and history. While

we would hope (or flatter

ourselves) to be a Stephen 

of Philip, the truth is that

almost all of us will be

Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon,

Parmenas, Nicolas. A flash

of service, a bare mention,

but sufficient.

Photograph by Andre Ouellet via Unsplash, Used with permission.