.incarnatioN | reason fouR
.olD testamenT goD smiting everybodY
.violence and killing babies and slaying people
for looking into the arK of the covenanT
.then a lulL
.not a whimper from goD
.and then
a whimpeR
.more like a crY
.thoR smiteS
.zeuS hurls lightning
.godS reign
dominate
demand servitude
worship and adoration
sacrifice and sucH
//
.jesuS comes
born a baby
in the maintenance closet
of the hotel parking garage
to illegal immigrants
from a trailer park
who can,t afford a hotel rooM
.on purposE
.how ironiC
.how anti|climactiC
.when we invent gods’
gods with tiny hands
born in straw
impotent
powerless
visited by pimply kids
who work at the local mCdonaldS
…are not the kinds of gods we invenT
.1
.because i remember, i doubt
because i remember ,i have a duty to faith in chrisT
i remember the stories
i wrestle with the questions
even as i struggle to invent
a thousand and one reasons to hope
a thousand and one reasons to believE
About David M Schell
I am a doubter and a believer. I have a Master's in Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, but because faith grows and changes, I don't necessarily stand by everything I've ever written, so if you see something troubling further back, please ask! Read More.
