Church Lament

prayer, scripture,
breaking bread, community

to this simple formula
we add:
theology, liturgy,
committee, budget

we add:
buildings
with ornate decoration, or
obviously no ornament

we add:
bureaucracy,
structure

and we add, more than the rest,
we add:
requirements,
rules, regulations ~
we add law;
unnecessary law;
line-drawing,
wall-building,
barrier-constructing
law

and we skip over the
Law
that leads to freedom,
that leads to

prayer, scripture,
breaking bread in community