Why go

After Acts 21

Pleas, entreaties, warnings,

tears fall on blocked ears

and open mind. I will listen to

but not heed the words breaking

my heart; I know their source,

their origin, their why. But I will

set theses precious stones aside;

I have no choice. I will go on

to what is feared:

inevitable arrest,

inevitable trial,

by the same minds and sentiments

that condemned and executed

the innocence of the word,

I will go on, risking

the likely repetition.

Illustration: 19^th century woodcut.

Am I a wolf

After Acts 20

The man we love

the man who gave us

the word, who spoke of life,

to life, now sits with us

a last time. We will never see

his face again, we will never hear

his voice again, we will never know

his countenance among us again.

And now he warns us of wolves

arising from among our own number,

wolves to devour the sheep and lambs.

Am I a wolf?

Photograph by Karen Arnold via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.