Is That a Priest?

IS THAT A PRIEST?

Is that a priest,
Preaching a well-practised package,
Of calculated commands, and demands,
Of an unsatisfied, greedy God?

Is that a priest,
Posing as benevolent servant,
To shine light on our sin,
Then suck us dry through shame?

Is that a priest,
Who only proposes,
That almighty God is unreachable,
Defying that God became man,
And still does?

Perhaps that’s a priest;
But if this man is not
A man of humble, human, holy, lowly love,
Or of grieving, searching sorrow,-

If not:
Beware!
Do not open package!
- goinghome (1988)