not only with their voices
their tongues revealed
the power of Pentecost
the spirit calling us
to speak with their words
in a language they may understand
to see the world
through their eyes
so they may hear
the wondrous message
the gospel real to them
in their hearing and in their sight
October 27, 2009
on reading Pastor Ruth L. Foss’
note to the Facebook posting,
October 27, 2009
of the poem, “In Native Tongues”
(Raymond A. Foss)
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