"maybe Jesus forgot to eat His spinach"—a sonnet on theodicy—published in The Windhover

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maybe Jesus forgot to eat His spinach

Michael thought the sermon went rather well—
how he without sin should cast the first stone.
later, Bible closed, he wondered…


The Windhover 23.2


Almost two decades of thanks is given to educator, author, speaker, and artist Dr. Thomas Oord for inspiring this poem (and the many others like it). Specifically his latest book God Can’t, which helped crystallize its words.