closet to chaos 4.16.2020

…whenever you pray,

go into your room and shut the door…

                                                                                                    Matt 6:6

closet to chaos                                                                                           Erling Shultz, April 2020

it seems extreme

          this dark hiding away

     in effort to veil any sanctimony,

     (when any theological practice is hypocrisy)

isn’t this just an excuse

          for invisible Christians?

     doesn’t ring true,

     doesn’t sound right,

          till one considers

          one’s tone in the light

prayer’s not

     for approval or evaluation,

          but meant to alter our attention;

prayer is

     an openness to divine presence,

          with honesty/integrity the valued essence;

     (about the content and not the delivery)

prayer in

     shadowy private practice

          should lead to a faithful public witness;

prayer from

     the still and quiet closet,

          will change a world awash in chaos