“Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool . . .” (John 5:2).
Light tickles the tops of water molecules whose number and strength defy the human mind, a liquid quilt stitched by Mother God. Yet the pool lies still, a peace-filled elixir for broken bodies and spirits camping at its edges, waiting not in awe at water’s cohesion but in hope only realized through loosening bonds, an angel-touched stirring, a divine troubling. Do you want to be made well? Jesus, straight to the point. Wrong question, we plead. The “how” plagues us. If not doused in the deep then . . . ? Bypass the water, proclaims the Jesus who made the sea his footpath. Stand up . . . walk.
Kellie Brown is a violinist, music educator, and award-winning writer. Her words have appeared in Ekstasis, Foreshadow, and others. In addition to 35 years of music ministry, she serves as a UMC lay minister and is pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Theopoetics at Bethany Theological Seminary.
Art by James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903).
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