With the dawn of a new church year, we have launched a new feature on our website, a weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary readings for that week (Revised Common Lectionary).
*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Watchman of Ephraim
Paul Hoover
SNIPPET:
Hear the word of the Lord,
ye children of Pittsburgh,
of Calistoga and Tlaquepaque,
ye hierophants and wishbones,
teraphim and household plants,
for I am a jealous God betrayed.
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