Steve Turner

A Wrongful Arrest

Kerry Dickson Lent, Selah
Detail of "The arrest of Christ" by Fra Angelico (c. 1437-1446)

“The Crucifixion” by Steve Turner: You were one with the Father. Then the Father turned his back on you. You felt forsaken, hanging there between heaven’s thunder and the dank spittle of earth. For that moment you belonged nowhere. You were love, cut off from love; truth nailed down by lies. You must have wanted to explode, to disintegrate, to disappear into a void. But that was forbidden. And that was the test. Your blood burst through your skin andRead more

Beaten But Not Lost

Kerry Dickson Selah
Abstraction of All Saints depiction

“Beaten but not lost” by Steve Turner: We beat her and she lost weight. She lost blood. She lost consciousness. But she never lost hope. She never lost poetry. And she was never lost. You must have to beat real hard to get the God out of these people; to still the noise of heaven in their hearts. A prayer O God, who still bestows upon saints and martyrs the ability to stand fast, and to have the victory againstRead more