Nicodemus Considers the Wind

*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: John 3:1-17 CLASSIC POEM: Nicodemus Richard Crashaw JOHN III. 1–21. ’TWAS night; and, Teacher all untaught, Thy darkness thou to Christ hast brought; But while attent He speaks to thee Benignant words, that thou mayst see, Leading higher still and higher, As thy yearnings do aspire, Guiding thee, by sure grace given, Through secret paths that reach to heaven Lo! the Sun on thee is risen, Bursting from his cloudy prison, Showing Him the Life, the Way, Flushing with first bloom of day, Quivering with a golden light, Such as on wav’ring seas gleams bright. The Sun is risen; yet darkness lies, Good Nicodemus on thine eyes, But the night’s thine own; for, lo, All heav’n above doth lustrous glow. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Nicodemus Considers the Wind Doing As it Pleases Matthew Miller SNIPPET: Well, it’s always synergetic, lacing fingers with rain, slicing clots from olive trees like a scalpel, knotted leaves scraped away. Sometimes it just eases … [ READ THE FULL POEM ]