Trap

Luke 20 (the pharisees plot against Jesus)

Revered teacher
we will trap you in your words
by asking many questions
Because we seek to destroy you
to make you lose favor
in the eyes of the people.
But why?
You're some sort of threat to us and our ways
bringing new ideas
that we can't explain.
And you answer correctly
and show us our error
But we've found inside ourselves a holly terror
because we can all see
that you walk with God
more closely--yes, differently
than the best and the wisest of any of us.

Zaccheus' House

Luke 19 (Jesus invites himself to the tax collector's home)

where the sinner dwelt
Jesus needed to visit
to seek and save
even the lowest of slobs
who everyone hated
the short tax collector
and salvation came
to his house.

Luke 15 (the Prodigal)

Luke 15

Lost things found
we must be merry
it is right.

Who knew who

LUke 13:22-30 (Jesus' response to the question, "Lord, are there few of us who are saved?")

I healed and sang and walked with you
and used your name to drive out demons
but you say you do not know me.
I was there for all the acts you preformed
and I taught there on the streets
but you've shut the door
and said you never knew me
But I don't know how this
came to be
that some how
everything I did
produced nothing.
Now I'm left to wonder:
who is I who never knew you?

Be Ye Ready

Luke 12:35-48 (Faithful servants)

"Be ye ready
for the Son of Man will come at
an hour you do not expect"
But instead I've taken to drinking
and passing off my duties
to those less competent
and my waist isn't girded
and the lamp's all burned out
And I'm afraid I'll miss you
when you come back

Woes

Luke 11:43-54 (Jesus pronounces woes on the pharisees)

Woe to you Pharisees and lawyers
who claim to follow the law
but never saw the truth
and woe to you
who fight with your image
of piety instead of mercy
woe to them
who Jesus called whitewashed tombs
Woe! Woes pronounced
to those who were the leaders
to those who couldn't see
past the plank in their eye
and woe to me
for my loveless faith.

Luke 8

The Touch

Woman, you believed. Somehow
differently than the thousands
who Jesus
brushed shoulders with every day.

Son of Man - Luke 8

Who is this
who commands the demons
like they are pigs
and sends them there instead
of to the abyss
who is He
who knows the storms so well
that he falls asleep
and when he wakes
commands the waves to peace?
Who stands in the throng listening to their needs
healing with words
commanding spirits to flee
so many who followed
so few who could see
the Son of Man
who found me amongst
the lost sheep.