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This resource relating to John 14:1-14 provides a poem by Stephen Crane (1871-1900) highlighting the nature of truth and a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) highlighting the desire for truth.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: John 14:1-14
CLASSIC POEM:
“Truth,” said a traveller
Stephen Crane
“Truth,” said a traveller,
“Is a rock, a mighty fortress;
“Often have I been to it,
“Even to its highest tower,
“From whence the world looks black.”
“Truth,” said a traveller,
“Is a breath, a wind,
“A shadow, a phantom;
“Long have I pursued it,
“But never have I touched
“The hem of its garment.”
And I believed the second traveller;
For truth was to me
A breath, a wind,
A shadow, a phantom,
And never had I touched
The hem of its garment.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
truth
Gwendolyn Brooks
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BLACKS: Poems
SNIPPET:
And if sun comes
How shall we greet him?
Shall we not dread him,
Shall we not fear him
After so lengthy a
Session with shade?
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Fifth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, May 1, 2023