I wrote a few poems while I was a student at Wabash College. Today, as I rummaged through a box full of old papers, I came across this one that I kind of liked.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
For your reading pleasure: a poem that hasn’t seen the light of day for 30 years –\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The Church of No Return<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
Pews display their heavy burden –
folks all clad in Sunday best.
Pews distress the congregation –
hardwood is averse to rest!
In this church filled with empty people.<\/p>\n\n\n
Choir stands to sing an anthem,
a worn-out song with lifeless beat.
Choir strains to feign rejoicing;
no one claps or stomps his feet\u00a0
in the church filled with empty people.<\/p>\n\n\n
Pulpit draws the eyes upon it –
sermon time once again.
Pulpit drones for half an hour;
major theme: It’s wrong to sin.
In the church filled with empty people.<\/p>\n\n\n
Altar dressed in soft silk linens;
there’s need to fill the church’s tills.
Altar draws the ushers forward;
silver plates bring dollar bills
from the church filled with empty people.<\/p>\n\n\n
Spirit finds it hard to move here;
this House of God is not a home.
Spirit flies to some new dwelling,
He cannot reap what’s not been sown
in this church filled with empty people.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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