Each week we carefully curate a collection of poems that resonate with the lectionary readings for that week (Narrative Lectionary and Revised Common Lectionary).
*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
Dreams
Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams, my son,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams, O boy,
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Tradition
Juliana Spar
SNIPPET:
I hold out my hand.
I hand over
and I pass on.
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