moore square

DC. Or Jerome. Although at first he told us he didn’t have a name. Who doesn’t believe in God because of the suffering of the world. Who wants to serve homeless people. Who is a cook at North Hills Mall. Who thinks I nice eyes. Who noticed the scar on my leg. Who thinks Christians are dumb. Who once was a deacon.

Norman. Who was quiet. A listener. A ponderer. Who told me he listens more than he speaks. Who Anthony said was a good friend. DC said he had known him forever. Loyal. 

“Do The Math” or Anthony. Who is a poet. Whose favorite book is the bible. Who wants to know every person in Moore Square. Who was once an athlete and once had asthma. Who wrote this poem about the ocean:

Ocean, Large Vast And 

Free-Spirit Water or

Our Earth

Ocean the part of us that 

Is Dominate-H2O

To Be-To Be.

May the Laws of REality 

Bend the Water to our

great Asset-

May the Power of the 

Ocean encourage us

In the Greenhouse Effect

Ocean, strong, wet, true

Ocean that we all know

Ocean- that we

all want 

to 

know

3 Men. Michael and I met them in Moore Square today. The word that comes to mind is thirsty. They are thirsty the way I am thirsty. For something more than this world has to offer. Thirsty for living water. From my lens. Three men who are Beloved. Loved by God. Known by Him. Made to glorify Him.

Michael and I walked circles around that little square of brokenness and humanity in the middle of downtown Raleigh, asking ourselves and each other what Christ would be doing if he were here and how being here without speaking of Him only led people to look at us and not Him and how we want Him to be glorified there. It was rich time.

In Him we live and move and have our being.

In Him we see people as they are.

In Him we know what love is-Christ crucified. Not that we hang out with the homeless. That He died for our sins and theirs. That they are no different then us. No less in need of his grace. No more in need of his grace.

God glorify yourself in Moore Square year. Were begging you for conversion. For sinners to become sons and daughters of the most high God. For the making of disciples. The baptism in your Name. 

The worship of your Son.