Still waiting...

Acts 1:3-4
After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. 

We thought the waiting was over

We thought we’d learned all we needed to know

We thought we knew what “Follow me” entailed

After all, it’s nothing new

Sure, we needed to update

We needed to accommodate 

a new generation

a new culture

Change was coming

albeit at a snail’s pace

But now?

We’re back at square one

The factory reset button has been pressed 

And we’re all at sea again

The problem is

We’ve kind of disabled your spirit

She was so disruptive

we tethered her

somewhere she couldn’t do so much harm

We locked her up safe and sound

in our buildings

tied up by our traditions

and our constitutions

Weighed her down

with our liturgies

and our rules and regulations.

And there are so many prophets

coming out of the woodwork

All claiming to know 

how to move forward

All claiming to have the answer

All making so much noise

That it’s so damned hard

To hear your voice

Suddenly everyone is an expert

in what we should do first

On how we should emerge

And, sadly

It doesn’t look that much different

to what we had before.

Risen, Ascended Lord

Really?

Are we the best you can do?

Are you going to just stand there

while your church

all shook up, for sure

crawls back to where we were

with a few tweaks

and a few extra online offerings

but otherwise

sighs a big sigh

that we can make our buildings safe

and go and do our thing

for thus it was

and is

and shall be

Evermore

I think I’ll pass this time around

Thanks, but no thanks.