The rib

After 1 Corinthians 6:16-20 and Genesis 2:18-25 

From the side

a rib was taken,

a rib fashioned

into something

entirely new,

yet the same flesh,

the same bones,

the same substance

yet new, a helpmate

to be glued, held fast

to the one from whom

the rib was taken,

the cleaving and

holding fast something

entirely new,

one flesh.

 

Photograph by Nino Liverani via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

“The Road Not Taken,” poem by Robert Frost – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

Confessions of a Loner – Sophia Lee at Christianity Today. 

 

An Irreplaceable Cog in the Wheel – Keturah Hickman at Plough.

 

Lunatic – poem by Peter Venable at Society of Classical Poets.

 

Three Reflections on Being a Pastor and a Professor – Andy Noselli at Bethlehem College and Seminary.