Live men running

After Ephesians 2:1-10

It comes as a spark,

a change from without,

a touch from the fingertips

of God, a gift, creating

life from death, life

from grace, life from

community of the saved,

plucked from death

to sit in heavenly places.

Don’t miss the central point:

Grace.

That’s what life is about:

Grace.

That is what inspired

the fingertips to move:

Grace.

Nothing that we do,

nothing that we could do,

could rival this gift:

Grace,

the power of live men running.

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Dead men walking

After Ephesians 2:1-10

It’s rather stark and jolting

to be called dead, dead

men walking, following

the pied piper, whoever

he might be at the moment,

or following the owner

of the pied piper, the source

of disobedience and lust

and desire and violence.

It’s rather stark and jolting

to be called children of wrath,

just like everyone else,

nothing special about us, 

children of wrath in our DNA,

our inmost self, our heart

of hearts, our every thought,

until.

Photograph by Jose Lopez Franco via Unsplash. Used with permission.