Please, Sit Next To Me

The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies. - Thoreau

"yes, 11:00, that's right, why don't you come along"

people frequently invite me to their church

i can't help but wonder about their motive

do they seek to convert me to their denomination

want more in the collection plate

or desire more hands to hold

in case their way turns out to be wrong

Author's Note

"Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relations; it is essentially revolutionary, and does not consist wholly with anything which was. It not only divides States and churches, it divides families; ay, it divides the individual, separating the diabolical in him from the divine." - Thoreau

Reviews

[mou]

It is a very sensitive place as the faith and emotions speak here. Sometimes, it also brings some honest tears, and brokenness for the very same reasons. We love to stay in a well-defined place that includes our delicate expectation. A good proportion can be the cure. A beautiful write!
I wish everyone's peace stays in an alignment with the direction where the heart is calling.
- mou