Feasting in Dangerous Places

As a Religion & the Arts major, I'm really excited about the upcoming Religion & the Arts Showcase here at Belmont University on Wednesday, April 27 from 7-9 p.m. The theme this year is "Feasting in Dangerous Places," basically exploring how we continue to find places of rest, delight and hope in the midst of a world that is often violent, bleak and threatening.  This is a poem I wrote for it, and below it is a photo of the collage art piece I made to showcase the poem.  I hope you enjoy, and come out to Neely Hall this Wednesday!

Our bunker is crafted out of His prodigal love

And our boundless faith.

We endeavor to banish darkness to its proper place.

Our ragtag band of sisters and brothers

 Dance to life,

To the tune of His unfailing affections;

The Kingdom is here!

What a glorious mystery, such a marvelous

Treasure to expose.

Our hearts are not alone but home to

His abundant majesty.

Our hope is living. Breathing. Generative. Creating. Sustaining. Transforming.

We carry the authority of the King to call things not as they seem.

 Our heartbeat is of heaven;

And the sweetest refrain is to be engraved on the palms of His hands.