Six stone jars

After John 2:1-11 

They hold water,

these six stone jars,

sculpted and used

for water to purify.

These six stone jars

are empty, currently,

waiting for the next

rite of purification

to be used. Ordinary

vessels, ordinary

stone, waiting

for the time to be

extraordinary, like

when he tells 

the servants to fill

the jars with water.

When the water is

drawn, it’s become

wine, not ordinary

wine, the cheap stuff,

but exceptional wine,

the kind of vintage 

served first, if at all.

Ordinary water 

has become

extraordinary

wine.

 

Photograph by Mohammed Taseen via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

The Voivode’s Mosque – Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule.

 

I Corinthians 13 – the Apostle Paul at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

Hymn of the Week: Thine is the Glory – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.

Light is

After I John 2:1-11

To walk in light is

to live in light is

to turn from darkness is

to follow the new command is

to acknowledge the true light is

to obey the word given is

to be made complete in him is

to be transformed by love is

to be wrapped in love is

to see one’s neighbor is

to see one’s brother is

to love one’s brother is

to livin in the light is

to love one another is

light

is.

The opposite of love

is hate except

in the time we live

when the opposite

of love is not hate

but indifference.

Photograph by Bryan Minear via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Attorney for the defense

After I John 2:1-11

He stands before the judge

and jury, speaking for the defendant,

a curious position as the judge

and the jury know the guilt

of the accused, he admitted it,

confessed it, so that all that’s left

is the final judgment and

the sentence, expected to be life

at best or the death penalty.

But the defense attorney argues

for the accused, the guilty one,

asking for a declaration

of innocence, seeking a finding

of not guilty, shocking judge

and jury and courtroom alike,

until the attorney shows them

the holes in his own hands.

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