Thanks so much for
Judging me
I'll let Jesus know you've
Got it covered
Stones
Outside
On the edge
Illegitimate
(according to some)
in both sides of the
Separate/similar tribes
Trying to
say/think/do/feel
the
right
things
(according to whom)
That I might move
Ever so slightly
Closer
To the
Inside
Of you all
Pastor Punch
Squeezed all the goodness out of the last one
We'll squeeze all the goodness out of the next one too
Making new wine after all
(no expense spared)
Pastor punch
Un Intended Consequences
if the door is barred for one
the door is barred for many
come to Me all
all
He said
i
grieve/repent of/mourn
every
stumbling stone/hurdle/barrier
we place
Resignation
Since no one came looking for me
I guess they don’t want me back
Mary Musings
I played her once Mary In a spectacular fantasmagorical That was Quite unlike her life (ok nothing like her life) She had No voice (no surprise there it was the 80’s afterall and we preferred our Mary silent then) Simply embodied She embodied And I wondered what It would have been like To be her Bringing so much light Into so much darkness
Schizophrenic
sign me up i’m all in yes I can happy to help i’ll be there you can count on me sorry i can’t (you’re not safe) changed my mind (i can’t take) any more pain rejection loss sign me up i’m all in yes I can happy to help i’ll be there you can count on me sorry i can’t (you’re not safe) changed my mind (i can’t take) any more
How
How did Koinonia Come to mean Women in fur coats And I/we Don’t belong Really (and never will) How did I preach the Word of God Come to mean Misogyny and and and Help me Poppa In all the undoing You are doing In me/us To keep You The reality Of You Heal Your church Poppa Heal me/us Help me/us to find Your good way The Way How
Snow Day
What would it look like If We (His kids) Laid down The Bigness The Production The Work Of (serving/ministry/calling) For Sabbath And (rather) Simply (on that once weekly glorious day) Played and Rested and Loved and Lived in The divine playground (that is the extra-ordinary privilege of) Being a Child In the Family Of God What if we took 0ur divinely decreed Snow day every blessed time (no half-tos) What if we did all that worthy work (paid and unpaid) (on the platform and off) On the other Six What would it look like If
Boxes
We’ve got you in a box You’ll never get out you see ‘Cause we made the box And We have the key Tee He(e)
Colleen R. Jantzen 