A Way Forward - Bill Denham

[Larry Robinson]

A Way Forward

There is that of Christ
in each of us
but none
has the whole.
 
Therefore, we must listen,
            listen to discern
            what part we speak
            what part we hear
            what part is left unspoken.
 
We must not think
            our part is whole,
            nor another’s part
            nor the part left unspoken.
 
But searching our soul,
            open to discovery
            of something new
            about ourselves,
            hearing something new
            from another,
            being aware of something
yet to be spoken,
will lead us forward.
 
And what new thing
           might we discover?
           What fear uncover,
that leads to deafness
and to judgment—
of ourselves or of another?
And how might owning
that part of us
and sharing
in faith
that we will be heard
and held as human,
show us the Spirit
and the way forward?
 
	- Bill Denham