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To Kneel
(c) Rabbi Menachem Creditorfor Landingham & Kaepernick, our angels in the wings
Sometimes, it isn't about nuance.
Sometimes it just comes down to facing the storm,
calling God out,
standing at the center of a whirlwind
holding your ground.
No cathedral is immune to agony,
no soul impervious to life itself no nation purely noble.
If it were any other way,
there would be no need for cathedrals
in the first place.
Kneel, stand, sit, rise up.
To kneel is
to submit to lower oneself to step down to pause.
To kneel is to call attention to touch the Earth's face to listen to those whose blood saturates the very roots of our story.
To kneel is to step aside to step outside to invite others to come closer to remember.
To kneel is not to stand not to stand not to stand idly by.
Speak your truth,
God damn it.
That's what God wants most of all.
(c) Rabbi Menachem Creditorfor Landingham & Kaepernick, our angels in the wings
Sometimes, it isn't about nuance.
Sometimes it just comes down to facing the storm,
calling God out,
standing at the center of a whirlwind
holding your ground.
No cathedral is immune to agony,
no soul impervious to life itself no nation purely noble.
If it were any other way,
there would be no need for cathedrals
in the first place.
Kneel, stand, sit, rise up.
To kneel is
to submit to lower oneself to step down to pause.
To kneel is to call attention to touch the Earth's face to listen to those whose blood saturates the very roots of our story.
To kneel is to step aside to step outside to invite others to come closer to remember.
To kneel is not to stand not to stand not to stand idly by.
Speak your truth,
God damn it.
That's what God wants most of all.