(drawn from reading and wrestling with Mark 1:1-8)
It’s not that we’re asleep, God,
but that we’re not paying attention.
Or rather, with so many other noisy, shiny things
all vying for our eyes and ears,
we pay attention to everything else
because it is comfortable to let them distract us.
Maybe that’s why
you keep leading people into the wilderness.
Maybe there’s nothing sacred about the sand
or holier about the parched ground,
but there is less background noise,
and fewer talking heads,
that’s for sure.
Maybe we can let these days
of somber separation
be the wilderness we need
so that the voices you raise up
can startle us into action, truth, and love
without our trying to change the channel.
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