22 December 2015

naïve nativity (day 237)

how did a story
that sounds like discrimination
and looks like desolation
and smells like defecation
wind up sounding like poetry
and looking like ecstasy
and smelling like pine
and potpourri?

in a world where
sanitization
equals
sanctification

(Selah)

Amen.

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3 comments:

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    1. thanks, Sherrey...yes, still finding my feet, but appreciating the realness of the season amidst the idealizations of it. :)

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    2. Hurry and find your feet, at least for Christmas Eve. The Christmas Eve services are, at least for me, so all encompassing of the awe experienced in celebrating the birth of the Christ Child. See you at 5 and 11pm.

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