To Crush a Serpent (excerpt) - James Baldwin
Salvation
is not flight
from the wrath of God;
it is accepting
and reciprocating
the love of God.
Salvation is not separation.
It is the bringing of union
with all that is
or ever will be.
Wait Without Hope - T.S. Eliot (For Holy Saturday)
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love for the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
