NOW WE SIT QUIETLY
Now we sit quietly
around the dining table
and around the countertop
remembering an amalgamation
of family and friends conversing
one with another, each enjoying
all
Putting aside all barriers
we enjoyed the Christmas
day enabling one another
to commune as best we
could while welcoming
the stranger home
Jesus sat with the worst
of the worst and also
the best of the best
He sat with the uncommitted
too
He drew them in toward holiness
alone while grouped together
Hoping to see them all in his home
Eventually, where they belong
(Written December 25, 2018)