Saturday, June 2, 2018


A Poem a Sunday
Proper 5B/Ordinary 10B/Pentecost 3
June 10, 2018


 St. Mark 3:20-35 - NRSV

…20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.” 23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
28 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”

The True Kindred of Jesus
31 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters[a] are outside, asking for you.” 33 And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

Footnotes:

[a]Mark 3:32 Other ancient authorities lack and sisters

A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 3 - B

Family Ties

He is crazy, of course.
He has a mystifying Spirit:
Deep from the canyons
of the Divine
a gale
that takes
our breath away
and leaves us
gasping in wonder.

He needs
to be contained
and so
call his family.
Get him out
of the way
so he can
no longer
alarm us
with wayward
words.

But then
he spoke again
from the Spirit
deep within
and declared
a new family
where everyone
is kin
who act
in insane
compassion
embodying
the Divine will.

He is crazy, of course
and we crucify him again
but harebrained love
is never overcome
and haunts
our hollow hearts.

Copyright 2018 by Kenn Storck
May be used with permission
kennstorck@gmail.com


1 comment:


  1. He is crazy, of course
    and we crucify him again
    but harebrained love
    is never overcome
    and haunts
    our hollow hearts.

    I love this poem. So amazing Dad.

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