Invitation

The great Apostle

wasn’t much good at spin,

nor would he ever have been elected

to the position

had apostleship been subject to

democratic processes.

“Join me in suffering

for the gospel,” he writes

in a policy speech to his young acolyte;

seemingly oblivious to the oxymoron

that many good people see in that

brief invitation.

Yes, folks; that’s what discipleship

can do for you, too!

Out the window with that ‘prosperity’ stuff;

if you want a world of justice,

truth and love,

it looks like we’re in for the hard slog.

Not quite the good news we were expecting;

might as well vote for higher taxes,

while we’re at it.

© Ken Rookes 2013