Apostles & Influencers: leadership & living your best life (part 2)
The recording misses off the start of Alex’s poem, however you can read the full poem below.
This talk is from St Nic’s Live, a service which takes place over Zoom. You may notice a few pauses where there was interactivity or breakout rooms. For more information on how to join in, click here.
Speaker: Alex Rainbow
Date: Sunday 5 July 2020
Service: St Nic’s Live // 6.30PM
Bible Passage: 1 Corinthians 4:1-21
A poem by Alex Rainbow:
If you don’t choose who to follow
You'll still end up being led
Part of a cultural conga
With no idea who’s at the head
For this lie of autonomy grows quickly
Holds on fiercely
For I am the captain of my ship
With no control over the sea
Bashed and bruised by waves of identity
In the same storm but different boats all around me
Isolated and lonely
Competing and comparing with the vessels either side of me
Racing, but with no idea what constitutes victory
Status or achievement or money
Some boats look better than others but they’re all pretty thin
You can’t paint over the cracks within
And Though some deny the water coming in
The only solidarity is in the sinking
Jesus says follow me
Give up the myth of autonomy
Familiar fishing for people in the open sea
His ship the size of a kingdom, it steers purposefully
Many leave their boats behind
To join the King’s adventure
Some try and drag them aboard
Some work away at the engines on the inside
while others lay on the deck and enjoy the ride
But then there are those that spend time with the Captain
Join him daily in the highest room above distraction
They watch him sail after souls
No mayday unheard, no honest SOS unresolved
They join him as he swims out to those in decay
Wrap blankets round those in dismay
Those that live as friends of the Captain
They are contented, unrelented
No storm to rough
No just cause undefended.