The betrayal

After Hebrews 11:29-31 

Of all the people

inside the city who

might have understood

and betrayed, who would

have expected a prostitute,

the one who concealed

the spies, lowered the scarlet

thread, protected herself

and her family, with fires

burning around them,

the cries and screams

of people being killed

in their houses and in

the streets. They huddle,

safe but terrified, expecting

the door to fly open

at any moment, chaos, and

destruction flooding

around them. The door

remains closed, unmolested,

because the prostitute 

believed and had faith.

 

Photograph by Hannah Busing via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Do Our Churches Understand Faith & Work? – Hugh Whelchel at the Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics. 

 

Your Rights as a Christian in a Public School in 2023 – Joe Carter at The Gospel Coalition.

 

Poet Laura: The Butterfly Effect – Year of the Monarch – Dheepa Maturi at Tweetspeak Poetry.