As the song relates
in my happy-ever-after moments:
I believed in the Israelite.
What a circuitous, tortuous route
this mind has been dragged through,
chained to the runaway horse
called magic, or deception,
along with most of the world,
sore and buffeted
through cyclone and fire,
the machinations of men.
I take on board
the doubts and conjecture —
did such and such ever exist;
yet I have studied the shroud
and the napkin of truth — to me
science and the Spirit are one.
So this year as Advent moves
relentlessly on to that crystallization,
when Sol’s southern tropic is reached,
with the death of the sun,
the incarnation of the Son
and the Word,
switching northward towards Light and hope,
I feel my soul and sinews ignite.
This time, more than any other time,
I believe in the Israelite.
Copyright Francis 2020
The Elloe Recorder 
I like the way you pull together science and belief, son and sun – and I love that last stanza – it’s a great flourish of a finish.
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Thank you 🙏🏻
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I found so much to relate to in your words here, Francis: the journey from faith to doubt and back again. ‘What a circuitous, tortuous route
this mind has been dragged through’
These lines really resonate, as does:
‘to me
science and the Spirit are one.’
I echo your philosophy. Thank you for sharing 🙏
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Oh thank you! I’m glad you feel similarly. I’m sure we’re at the threshold of a new world but like all births it can be stressful and shocking. Thank you again and best wishes
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I think transitions are always hard. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently.
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Yes, me too, it is an extraordinary and stressful period… almost, well, Biblical!
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It is a time for believing if ever time there was. I love “to me Science and the Spirit are one.” Me, too.
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Thank you 🙏🏻
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I too believe…
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We all have to believe in something, Francis, especially under current circumstance, and you have conveyed this so well in your poem.
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Thank you 🙏🏻
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I echo the belief that science and spirit are one. It does seem as if change is hanging in the air. We could use a turn towards the light. (K)
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I agree 😊thank you
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I like your finely wrought point of view here. Science and spirit are one is a very profound observation.
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thank you
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