From Antioch to Antioch

After Acts 13

We were in worship, fasting,

together as the followers

of the Wayin Antioch, when

it was said by the Spirit

            Separate the two,

            Barnabas and Saul,

            I have work for them,

            set aside for them

            the work to which

            I have called them

After the words, we continued

to worship, fast, pray.

We placed our hands

upon them, my hand felt

Barnabas sure, my hand felt

Saul, trembling, we placed

our hands upon them, sending

them off to Cyprus, where Saul

was also called Paul, to Antioch

in Pisidia, Antioch to Antioch

and so it begins,

Antioch to Antioch

The lightning of the hands

the power flowing from the hands

the hands a conduit for the source

of a power sufficient

sufficient to change the world

Photograph: Painting of Barnabas and Saul, Stavrovuoni Monastery, Cyprus.