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by The Devotional Voice · 10 lines
God of the unfinished answer, meet us before dawn changes anything. Meet the ones whose grief
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 11 lines
After the service, palm branches lie beneath the pews, green commas from a sentence
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 11 lines
The cross was wood: grain, splinter, weight, a tree remade by empire
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 10 lines
One candle remains. Then even that small flame is carried from the room.
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 10 lines
At three o'clock the sanctuary clock continues. A truck reverses outside.
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