A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 13 – C
August 14, 2016
St. Luke 12:49-56 -
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Commentary: A challenging text from the Prince of
Peace. How can Christ be the source of
division? Answer – the call to a
cruciform life -where one dies to old norms and is born again into a new
family. If you are a follower of Christ
you better look good on wood!
Jesus
the Cause of Division
49 “I came to bring fire
to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 I have
a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is
completed! 51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to
the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 52 From now on
five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;
53 they will be divided:
father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Interpreting
the Time
54 He also said to the
crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is
going to rain’; and so it happens. 55 And when you see the
south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. 56 You
hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why
do you not know how to interpret the present time?
A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 13 – C
Stormy Weather
When
clouds rise in the west,
rain
is a sure thing,
and
when the south winds blow
it
will be hot again.
Everyone
can read
these
ominous weather signs;
yet
you cannot heed
judgment
in present time.
Baptism
by fire
and
changes that transform.
Division
because of Christ.
Do
not be alarmed.
Luke-warm
believers,
neither
hot nor cold.
Seduced
by deceivers
their
souls are sold.
Fire
from the Prophet,
the
hammer of God
breaks
rocks in pieces
crumbling
into sod.
Out
of the ground
God
forms a new people,
a
community of justice
where
everyone is equal.
Beyond
family ties,
beyond
hierarchies,
God
calls passionate partners
with
deeper loyalties.
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