Revelation Strikes You as Absurd

October 3, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which began this year at sunset on Sept. 29 and ended on the evening of October 1.

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A poem for Rosh Hashanah about someone who has no faith but still sees value in the Rosh Hashanah service:

Revelation strikes you as absurd,

Out of whack with what you think you know.

Still, you love the beauty of the words,

However much you mind the undertow.

How might you participate in prayer

Absent faith in God? It makes no sense.

Still, the urge to cleanse the soul is there,

However unappealing the pretense.

A world of unsolved mysteries surrounds you,

Nor can you shake the spirit that confounds you,

Aware of truths that cannot be expressed,

Here so beautifully in scripture dressed.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Rosh Hashanah

9/30: Reason Says, of Course, that There’s No Book

10/1: Remember as You Scour Your Soul for Sin

10/2: Repentance Is Quite Different from Regret

10/3: Revelation Strikes You as Absurd