Menno
Simons Thinks About Change,
pushing
his fingers
through
graying hair,
and shaking
his head;
church buildings,
not caves to
worship in,
with no guard
posted at the
entrance:
sunday schools,
space travel,
skyscrapers,
materialism, and
MBA’s,
tank tops and TV,
also (with a
slight shiver),
soldiers and
homosexuals
seeking church
membership, and the
most massive
change of all,
his own, from the
high society of
Catholic
priesthood to
seditious,
outlaw,
Anabaptist,
fugitive.
—Leonard Nolt, Boise, Idaho, is a
photographer and writer. He has had
poetry, fiction, articles, and
photographs published in such magazines
as Rhubarb, cold-drill, Fellowship,
Poetry in Public Places, Mennonite Life,
Gospel Herald, Builder, Idaho Wildlife, and
more.Menno Simons Watches
an Anabaptist Execution on Nightline
Ted Koppel,
grim and
resolute,
praises the
sacrificial
service of
police, bounty
hunters, prison
guards, and
executioners, his
voice deadly
serious. “As public
servants they
risk everything to
rid the world of
these abject
criminals who
betray their
country and
undermine
national
security by
refusing to
defend their
homeland, their
communities,
or even their
children.”
—Leonard Nolt
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