Don't take'em down just yet.
Like a resilient strand of Christmas lights
that keep twinkling
even when a few bulbs occasionally go dark,
so is our communal body of faith.
No one is the source of the energy - we’re each filaments – and together we reveal more of its potential.
And, what to love about the logos of God?
In a Word, grace.
Born to us if we choose to see it
is a persistent, radiant beam
of the original light of all creation
that reveals purpose and meaning,
and shines forth a pathway (within and among us)
of belonging and redemption
in an otherwise shadowy, disorienting, and often lonely darkness.
