Edifice Rex

Calvary Church - Charlotte, NC

Proud of the mortar and stone

brick by brick creating a home

for the Divine.

Sincerity and loving hearts

little do they know

the Tempter’s art

of unexamined

blessed intentions.

 

Community of the compatible

groom each room

so picturesque.

Safe from difference

creates indifference,

blessed assurance,

eternal rest.

 

And through the years

the mantra:

“Bricks and mortar,

bricks and mortar,

this is what we stress.

Bricks and mortar,

bricks and mortar,

maintain the edifice.”

 

And so:

The Cross is lost.

Discipleship has no cost

traded for pleasant

valley Sundays

with white steeples

and manicured lawns.

 

And Christ – confined,

domesticated with

‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’

sermons as padded pews

give comfort to the comfortable

while beggar Lazarus languishes

at the doorsteps.

Care comes

when it is convenient

and screens are the new altar

and praise songs are about me

and never use the Psalter.

 

Yet the Prophet cries arise outside:

“These walls will tumble down.

Truth be will told

and the Spirit bold

will create new hallowed ground.”

 

Author: Kenn Storck

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kennstorck@gmail.com