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By Jennifer Ann Johnson
Against a backdrop—indigo and star,
Luminous angels appear before men,
Ancient Wisdom they proclaim near and far,
To shepherds and sheep, to earth and heaven.
Luminous angels appear before men,
On a Space-Time night with Tripartite accord,
To shepherds and sheep, to earth and heaven,
“A new and living way” with rights ignored.
On a Space-Time night with Tripartite accord,
Emmanuel lay swaddled, veiled in flesh,
“A new and living way” with rights ignored,
In the love of the Father, mankind refreshed.
Emmanuel lay swaddled, veiled in flesh,
The babe’s short gasp rouses the dry bones of men,
In the love of the Father, mankind refreshed,
“I, the Lord, will breathe my life into them.”
The babe’s short gasp rouses the dry bones of men,
Ancient Wisdom He proclaims near and far,
“I, the Lord, will breathe my life into them,
Like your backdrop—indigo and star.”
© Jennifer A. Johnson, 2017, All Rights Reserved
Je Suis la Vérité
January 10, 2015 2 Comments
What is truth?
The satirical stylus?
The severing sword?
The signet of supremacy?
What is truth?
A cartoon, a caliphate, a Caesar?
“What is truth?”
Pilate asked.
A “thing of this world”
French philosopher Foucalt answered.
A “regime” of beliefs and values linked to systems of political and economic power,
A scientific, non-universal apparatus feeding into majority opinions.
“So you are a king, are you?”
Pilate, the truth of power, asked.
Jesus, the power of truth, answered,
“You are the one who’s calling me a king. I was born for this;
I’ve come into the world for this: to give evidence about the truth.
Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
“Truth!” What’s that?”
Pilate asked, but
With those words, he went back to the Foucaltians.
Truth is witness. Jesus said,
“We testify to what we have seen and heard from God”
Put down your stylus Cartoonist,
Put down your sword, Peter,
Put down your signet Freedom of Speech
And follow me.
For,
Je suis le Chemin, la Vérité et la Vie.
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Miroslav Volf, Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
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Poem © SallyParadise.com, 2015, All Rights Reserved; Scripture quoted: The Kingdom New Testament quotes by N. T. Wright as translated from koine greek.
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