Family Business

It’s hard not to notice
God’s paradoxical bricks
In the wall of history
Today’s two sticks
To rub together:
John the Baptist was conceived
As a mouthpiece of God
The Voice, in arms received
By a priestly mediator,
A first-time father, a man
Silenced by doubting
But according to plan

Named his son
By His Father.

Doubting conceived
Silent waiting
Which stretched and birthed,
With his wisdom abating,
The hope eternal
Of God’s sure Word.
Once confessed,
He was again heard,

And his son’s voice
Still echoes.