metaphor
untitled Ashlee Chism
The church
is
not a country club-
the center of education.
It is
Where
students
A place where And It's
to think,
come
it's
and
to learn
and
to do,
safe to question, to gain
wisdom.
the seat at the Master Teacher's feet—
But not a country
club.
It is where the community gathers. Where people come to talk and to play,
A place where And It's
to laugh,
it's
and
the party at the
But not a country
is,
Heavenly Father's house-
club.
the finest free hospital.
It is
Where
the
wounded come
A place where And It's
who one
safe to be
to finally live.
to
the
be healed and to be fed,
safe to admit to one's pains,
and
to one's vulnerabilities,
But not It is
it's
to one's faults.
exam room of the Great Physician—
a country club.
the field operations headquarters,
Where
soldiers
A place where
come
it's
to rest
And
to receive missions,
It is
the base of the
But not a country
southern adventist university legacy4
and
safe to learn
and
to
to regroup,
how
to conquer,
simply just go.
Commander of the LORD's army-
club.