Poetry and worship seem made for each other. There we are, gathered to share our understanding of a power-that-is-beyond-understanding, and we are convinced that more words will make it clearer.

Along comes the poet, with a striking image and very few words, and all of a sudden we get a glimpse we didn’t have before.  Thomas Hardy famously wrote, “If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the Inquisition might have let him alone.”

Jesus Modeled for Our Class Today

Jesus modeled for our class today, naked in his open-palmed innocence. We had never seen such a model before. He even brought with him his own light.

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