With the dawn of Advent and a new church year this coming weekend, we are launching a new feature on our website, a weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary readings for that week (Revised Common Lectionary).
Lectionary Reading: Matthew 24:36-44
The Poem You’ve Been
Waiting For
Tarfia Faizullah
SNIPPET:
…
I drove so long to find I forgot I had
been looking for them, for the you
I once knew and the you that was born
waiting for me to find you.
…
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C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com
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