The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time
By Hannah Eagleson
IV. Kairos
The wheat is full, pushing through the husks, ripe.
It overflows, lacking only
Those who yearn to harvest,
To gather and to give.
The fig tree must grow
Or wither.
In season or out,
Fruit is needed
For the hungry.
The king invites
The weary travellers,
The vagabonds and panhandlers
To join the wedding feast.
The time is always now.
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Note: Hannah Eagleson contributes to both the Emerging Scholars Network’s (ESN) Blog and The Well. The earlier pieces in her four part series The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time are Sparrows, Lilies, Kingdom. May you, as a fellow traveller, find rest and encouragement in The Kingdom: Poems for Ordinary Time. To God be the glory! ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN, editor of ESN’s blog and Facebook Wall.
PS. If you have poems, essays, and/or reflections to share with Emerging Scholars, please email me.
Dr. Hannah Eagleson loves building the ecosystem Christian scholars need to flourish and create positive impacts, in the university and beyond. She is Associate Director of InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars Network, a digital first ministry serving thousands of early career Christian scholars. Dr. Eagleson launched the ESN student/early career track at the American Scientific Affiliation annual faith and science conference. She is the editor of *Science and Faith: Student Questions Explored* (Hendrickson, 2019), and the one-semester guidebook *Scholar’s Compass: Connecting Faith & Work for Academics* (InterVarsity Emerging Scholars Network, 2021), with design by noted liturgical artist Ned Bustard. She also launched the Scholar’s Compass online devotional series in her previous role as ESN Editor. Dr. Eagleson holds an MA from St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD) and a PhD in Renaissance literature from the University of Delaware.