Sanitized for
children
a PG-13
presentation
stopping short
of reality
what would the
children think
We speak of them
as nails
what held Christ
to the cross
but do we
understate man’s cruelty
by naming them
as this, as nails
More like spikes,
heavy, thick
that which would
be strong enough
something that
holds railroad ties
for the weight
of a human body
The thought of
spikes, not nails
driven into
Jesus, into Christ
the mall, the
club, the hammer
nailing him to
that tree
Not so dainty,
brutal,
these three
nails that held him
hanging from the
cross
at the place
called Golgotha
Edited
September 29, 2013
Do
we understate the cruelty – v3
Edited
September 15, 2013
Do
we understate the cruelty – v2
April
6, 2012
Do
we understate the cruelty
Isaiah
52:13-53:12
Matthew
27:24-61
Mark
15:16-47
Luke
23:20-56
John
19:1-42
Good
Friday prayer vigil
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
&
Good
Friday service
Luke
23:39-46
John
13:34, 35 (Prayer of Confession)
John
12:47b; John 13:1b (Assurance of Foregiveness)
and
Service of Tenebrae
Pastor
Ruth L. Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
April
6, 2011
&
Tenebrae – The
Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF
BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER
AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50, 55, 56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There… (United Methodist Hymnal
#288)
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4
John 1:1-4
All of my
poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me
at Ray Foss
for usage. See all 25,800+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
No comments:
Post a Comment