Friday, July 4, 2025

Do they know?


After John 7:1-31
 

He speaks openly, they say,

so how can it be they

seek to kill him? They

say nothing to him as

he speaks, right there

in the temple, the very center

of life, and they do nothing.

Either the news and stories

are overblown, or they know

something, they know who

he is, and they will not

move against him, or they

are afraid to move against

him. Do they know he’s

the One foretold, the One

who could not perform

more signs than this man

had one? Are they afraid

when this many says,

“You know me.”

 

Photograph by Papaioannou Kostas via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Friday Readings

 

“Communion in the Asylum,” poem by Andrew Hudgins – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

 

Be Still and Know: Lives of the Wild Saints #10 – Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule.

 

“To Canaan’s Land I’m on My Way” by William Matthew Golden – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.

 

Why I Changed My Mind About Women Pastors – Rachel Schoenberger at Reading Rachel.

 

Psalm 10 – Magean Willome at Poetry for Life.

Why I Won't Give Up on the USA -- Becky Ramsey.

1 comment:

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Another poetic reflection that blessed me today. Happy Independence Day, Glynn!