It is time

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Time to begin again this good work

We have been sent to do

To feed the hungry, heal the sick, care for the poor

All of these tasks and a thousand more stand before us…

 

We can debate our faith in the evening over coffee

Now is the time for all of us

To be out in the fields of change

          Steven Charleston

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Here we are

Huddled in the pews of a thousand churches

Hovering over our keyboards

Pontificating on Facebook, X, and Threads

 

Muttering under our breath

About how our SCOTUS has been bought

How justice is perverted

 

Stressing over creeping authoritarianism

And the reality that

All are NOT equal under the law

Not here

Not now

 

Lamenting the deaths in Gaza (and yes, Israel too, and yes

Ukraine, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and more

 

Arguing about who Jesus loves

And whose interpretation of the Bible is most correct

 

Complaining about

Access to health care, and the suicide rate

And fentanyl

And

And

 

Worrying about our own personal woes, fears

Losses

And anxieties

 

Arguing with each other about

Gaza protests

Guns

Abortion

 

To what end?

 

It is time

It is time to begin again this good work

To get off our well-padded behinds

And get to work

 

Feeding the hungry

Developing housing

Fighting for justice (I know it feels impossible)

Sharing love and compassion

 

Welcoming strangers

Affirming those who are queer

 

Talk, talk, talk

I am so sick of talk

I am so sick of talking (and writing)

 

It is time

 

To leave behind the golden calf

To leave behind the idols of power and wealth

To leave behind toxic leaders who manipulate us

And create fear and division

 

It is time

 

To be the church

To be the people of Jesus

To be people who put everything on the line

 

For love