Mark, Poetry

Dirty Hands

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 Martha Spong

They smudge the screen,
leave prints on the doorjamb
with their unwashed hands.

I send them to the sink,
call, “Did y’all use soap?”

But Jesus says, “Come. Eat.”

Martha Spong — August 27, 2012

(Thinking about Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23, Proper 17B)

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Martha Spong is a United Church of Christ pastor, a clergy coach, editor of The Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle, and coauthor of Denial is My Spiritual Practice (and Other Failures of Faith) with Rachel Hackenberg. View all posts by Martha Spong