First Things RSS Feed - Carl Winderl https://www.firstthings.com/author/carl-winderl en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:50 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/carl-winderl 60 Accused of Adultery https://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/02/002-accused-of-adultery https://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/02/002-accused-of-adultery Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:00:00 -0500 the woman brought before My Son
accused of adultery

was me

. . . could have been me, they ringed
with their stony eyes and
hardened hearts
fingers itching, bodies aching
to be next, too late to be the first

to cast a stone before the One
Who would know
what it’s like

to bear the Last Straw (Light
as a Cross) if Joseph
hadn’t stepped forward,

which is what
My Son
probably wrote in the sand, in
Belshazzar font, those oh so many
years ago

: Where is the man?

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]]> Nativity https://www.firstthings.com/article/1997/12/nativity https://www.firstthings.com/article/1997/12/nativity Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 -0500 if I lived in Seattle
at Christmastime
I’d have committed suicide

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