Snowpocalypse

And he carried me away by the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.

Revelation 21:10

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.

Mark 10:15

I still get excited when it snows

even as I’m approaching my late twenties

I’ll call my friends to tell them it’s snowing

Snow cancels plans

frees up schedules

makes traffic stand still

gets kids out of school

puts them at play

stops rich neighborhoods

the same as poor

Busy people complain

about the inconvenience

while the rest of us

search sheds and garages

trying to locate poorly used sleds

Snow makes everything magic

transforms mundane landscapes

into fairy-tale kingdoms

un-kept yards and dilapidated houses

become something mysterious and new

a thin covering of white

makes ugly things beautiful

In St. John’s revelation

he saw the new Jerusalem

coming down from heaven

I imagine it looked a lot like a snow day.