Easter

"Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.'" John 20:15

there is nothing we

can say which hasn't

been said before, 

really.

but we will try,

Lord, we will try!

new images,

new metaphors,

new (and improved!) 

theology with just a

bit of rationality woven in,

we will pile the words up

one by one until they 

become that new pile

of stones shutting you

back up in the tomb 

of our foolish attempts

to explain a mystery neither

Sherlock or Gamache could solve.

while all you hope

is that we will take 

a few tips from the master

Gardener

and plant just a few seeds

(even if it is only one)

of justice for the forgotten

of hope for the miserable

of love for the lonely,

of joy for the grieving

of wonder for the hopeless

of life, for all.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman