the preacher’s teaching was less effective than Google search.
in hopes that the offering would be exceedingly hot.
sports, money, or a favorite beverage to nip.
they passed their gossip from pew to pew.
whispering—none too quietly—about their favorite TV show.
wishing the lesson soon would be gone.
the preacher shut up rather than lose his poise.
and nearly tore it from its hinges to gawk and flit.
“There is a God and his Son is the Savior.
“He rolls out before us both heaven and hell.
“For if not you then who, if not now then when?
as he tore each page of his sermon shred to shred.
then fell to their knees their shame to smother.
as each suddenly felt his deep and bitter conceit.
preferring to stand with a father and mother.
“Revival, revival, ‘tis the need of this season.
for giving, for working, playing, laughing or crying.
The reason for the season must ever be his living and dying.
→ Soar. A Book by Pastor Kenny Luck.