If I would start a church
it would be like none I’ve known
It would meet wherever I am
And whomever I am with would be the body
When we ate we would hand bread to one another
and exchange a glass of wine at meal’s end
Music would be the singing of the birds or our own voices
raised in praise or lament from in our hearts
The sermon would be our eager conversation
or maybe just a hearty laugh or salty tears
Our prayers would be the longings of our hearts
shared with gratitude and humbleness and love
And when we parted ways our benediction
would be our warm embrace and promise
to meet again and love until that time.
I've been thinking about church, and how the traditional structures don't seem to work for me these days. I'm not sure my ideas make much sense, but wherever two or three...
-Nancy
Oh yes, He is there.....
ReplyDeleteI would come to your church...oh yes
ReplyDeleteTradition is not important. What you feel in your heart is, God is with us everyday and helping us. We can worship God anywhere we go.
ReplyDeleteYou've expressed my heart so creatively and beautifully. Church as we know it doesn't seem to be working . . . Thank you for sharing your lovely poem.
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