The prodigal God

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

Waiting 

for the God to come

home; if I saw her

on the road would I run,

hitching up my skirts,

fire up the pyre,

melt the golden calf,

sacrifice my unbelief,

my cold soul

on the altar of her passion?

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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