What if Jesus really meant what he said?
this year, the child will be found
swaddled in rubble. soft infant
flesh surrounded by rough slabs
and crumbling. do not neglect
the day of small things. little is
much in a rain of firebombs. in
Bethlehem, a silent God does
not ignore the suffering. he is
born to be trampled, shot,
bombarded, and
scorned.
Jonathan Chan is a writer and editor. Born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother, he was raised in Singapore and educated at Cambridge and Yale Universities. He is the author of the poetry collection going home (Landmark, 2022) and Managing Editor of poetry.sg. His poetry and essays have appeared in Christianity Today, Ekstasis, Fathom, Inheritance, The Yale Logos, Poems for Ephesians, and the Ethos Institute for Public Christianity. More of his writing can be found at jonbcy.wordpress.com.
