God,
An ancient bridge*
Connecting the infrastructure
of everything
crumpled
A boat
that was huge
lost control
(investigation pending)
And hit it
And six people
who happened to be Immigrants
who were hard workers
with families
seeking a better lives
they were
fixing pothole
Instead they drowned
And I have been pondering
The metaphoric proportions
Of a ship too big to stop
out of control
Heading the wrong direction
A bridge connecting everyone
Needing repairs
the working people
stuck in the cold
dark
at 1am
almost nameless
voiceless
faceless
The insufficiency
of the boat
bridge
repairs
to meet the infrastructure needs
anyway
and God I’m
a bit flabbergasted
Thankful for the 1am
Mayday call
the quick response
The fact it wasn’t Midday
Midnight, Mayday, not Midday
And Yet
I am prayerful
Over
the Symbolism
as the Newsreel
soldiers
on
God
there seems to be
more
and I think of simple messages
that we have for one another
When we listen
God be with the families of the lost
God be with our midnight workers, immigrant and here for generations
God be with our infrastructure
God be with our emergency workers
God be with us we pray
Amen.
*According to my youngest son anything from my time or before is “ancient times”
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. She now works at Capital CFO plus as the Non Profit Director. All opinions expressed on this blog are her own and do not reflect those of Capital CFO plus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She is an writer and is published in Enfleshed, Sermonsuite, Presbyterian's today and Outlook. She writes prayers, liturgy, poems and public theology and is pursuing her doctorate in ministry in Creative Write and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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