Community - Praxis Series; Brady Bobbink (Acts 6:1-7)

Fractures cause frisson
when the scales of justice
tilt.
Unequal measures
display favoritism
and the ugly seed
of discrimination 
sprouts.
Set patterns of thinking
and status boundaries
threaten to destroy
community.

Take a look at my heart, Lord.
Root out the weeds
of cultural
and habitual barriers
that choke
Your work.

Servants fill needs
and give structure
to community.
Servanthood is earned:
they must be
without reproach,
spirit vessels
and wisdom practicers.

Grow in depth.
Set down roots
that spread
and feed on 
His Word.