Help him
that’s what faith is
he can’t bring it about
his kingdom
couldn’t then couldn’t later can’t now
not at any rate without you
and that is his irresistible appeal
Dorothee
Soelle
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what’s the end of the Jesus story?
him hanging there on the cross, dead?
him lying in a tomb?
him resurrected?
descending ascending
it has been a lot of years
where is that kingdom?
it seems we are no closer now than we were then
to the City of God
perhaps God made a mistake
to choose the work the God did
by sending One who asked us to follow
not merely idolize
perhaps God miscalculated
by being a God within us rather than a God from above
by making us the hands and feet of justice
the voice of compassion and love
at the end of the story
Jesus left
and left us behind
filled with fire and wind
to carry on his revolution
at the end of the story
Jesus “rises again and again in our lives” (DS)
as Christ lives in us and through us
empowering us to feed the hungry
create equity
fight for justice
create peace
love without condition
it is up to us
how this story ends
what this world becomes
the City of God
or Gehenna
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