A Greater Love of God and Country
Concerning the Burning of Old and Alone Though Not Lonely
Black Churches




There is no reason to ask
WHY? since to ask "WHY" is to enter some dark and crazy spot
where one presumes there is REASON and A REASON that will
make sense which is not to say there is a craziness: I don't believe
this is crazy but rather mean.... hateful.... ugly-though not ignorant
because there is knowledge here and there is a purpose here
but there is knowledge here and there is a purpose here
but there is
NO REASON
People who will burn a cross will burn a church
The building my be rebuilt but the creak
of a stair... the smell of the polish in the pews
the old kitchen where Sunday dinners were reheated
the icebox where the iced tea was kept... the too narrow
steps leading to the damp and dusky basement... the leaky
window that could not always keep the cold at bay... the knowing
that this building was built by these hands to worship this God who
has Delivered us..................... No..... that cannot be rebuilt
The people who have burned crosses will burn a church
Something will be lost and the world just a bit sadder
for the loss of the building.... But the people who sift through
ashes know that fire is a friend and that fire can be a foe
But the people who use fire are lowdown.....
And the people who know that some people are lowdown will watch
the fires..... will forgive the trespasses..... and will go right on
thanking their God for His powerful..... magnificent
Deliverance