Community Service

Saturday morning

and some well-dressed

well-intentioned folks just 

rang the doorbell.

I didn’t answer,

but it got me thinking.

Good people go

door-to-door

and offer to help you

find Jesus.

That’s a powerful testament 

to faith and conviction

and a lovely sentiment

really

until you realize 

their idea of serving humanity 

is hours and hours of peddling 

a 3,000 year old mythology 

created when we had no answer 

for thunder or sunsets

that will bring light to your life

and answers to your troubles

and all it will cost you

is the suspension of 

all logic and reason.

What if we had

those same good people

going door-to-door

asking things like

How’s it going?

Is everything ok?

Do you need help with anything?

Anything you need to talk about?

Here’s my number, call if you need anything.

No myths.

No deities.

No worship.

Just caring.

Just compassion.

Just community. 

Just someone

in the neighborhood 

you could talk too

to let you know

you are not alone.

Why is religion

the only community message 

we sell door-to-door?

Ken Owen

Saturday, May 19, 2018