19 September 21 – Sunday 25B (COCU 57B)

SILENCED BY FEAR
(Mark 9:30-37)
Sometimes we don’t ask
because we don’t understand,
or fear the answer.

Sometimes we don’t ask:
for fear of looking stupid
we fear the answer.

Sometimes we don’t ask
because we fear the answer
or, perhaps, ourselves.

Sometimes we don’t ask,
not wanting to lose our place,
giving up first for last.
Jeff Shrowder, 2021

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