Perhaps none more
Surprised
Than me,
To scribe these words where none
But all, will forever, foresee.
I am the forgiving type,
But not the forgetting.
But tonight,
A poetic transformation!
Tonight, I will be a Christian two,
As well as a Jew.
If I had a minyan
(10 Jews required to pray collectively)
of Francis-men, I could rule the world,
If that thought would ever cross their minds.
Nine Francis-men and one Jew,
Call him, mmmmm, call me, say Yeshua.
They asked me if I would
Write a little poem-number
And I wrote with all my might
Took this unconsecrated writ,
To the ten,
Asking if it was any good,
In agreement to the man, saying:
You may have trod the streets of Jerusalem,
Walked on the Galilee,
Lived upon the mounts and in the desert of Judea,
None matters, miracles too,
You may know Talmud, law and commentary,
But not by this will you, your doctrine be judged,
Who are we to critique, judge,
A man, even a poet, of good will,
If his poetry is any good?
Are we not all sinners, all poet-sinners,
But answer us this:
"Tell us are you a Christian child?"
And I said,
"Men, I am tonight"
Sep 20, 2013
Sep 20, 2013 at 5:55 PM UTC
Perhaps none more
Surprised
Than me,
To scribe these words where none
But all, will forever, foresee.
I am the forgiving type,
But not the forgetting.
But tonight,
A poetic transformation!
Tonight, I will be a Christian two,
As well as a Jew.
If I had a minyan
(10 Jews required to pray collectively)
of Francis-men, I could rule the world,
If that thought would ever cross their minds.
Nine Francis-men and one Jew,
Call him, mmmmm, call me, say Yeshua.
They asked me if I would
Write a little poem-number
And I wrote with all my might
Took this unconsecrated writ,
To the ten,
Asking if it was any good,
In agreement to the man, saying:
You may have trod the streets of Jerusalem,
Walked on the Galilee,
Lived upon the mounts and in the desert of Judea,
None matters, miracles too,
You may know Talmud, law and commentary,
But not by this will you, your doctrine be judged,
Who are we to critique, judge,
A man, even a poet, of good will,
If his poetry is any good?
Are we not all sinners, all poet-sinners,
But answer us this:
"Tell us are you a Christian child?"
And I said,
"Men, I am tonight"
*"And they asked me if I would
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
And she said
"Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"*
Marc Cohn – Walking In Memphis*
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324492604579085112121099956.html?mod=trending_now_7
Francis Sets Out Vision of More Welcoming Church, Less Preoccupied With Doctrine. "In the interview, the pope expanded on comments he made in July regarding homosexuals. On a return flight from a trip to Brazil, he said, "Who am I to judge a gay person of goodwill who seeks the Lord?....When asked how he viewed himself, he answered, "I am a sinner. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner."
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Yeshua us the Hebrew name, Jesus.
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I have indeed trod the streets of Jerusalem,
Walked on the Galilee,
Lived upon the mounts and in the desert of Judea
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A parting gift for Stephen-e-Yocum
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