Jesus is love but never more so
\nthan on the highway, when he delivers us
\nfrom mid-size sedans unto our destinations.<\/p>\n
When he absolves us of our emissions.
\nI want an anti-lock, all-weather Christ
\nto emerge after three days in the median.<\/p>\n
Believer, evangelism requires a little asphalt,
\na little balm for the road rage of the travelers
\nwho passed their injured neighbor before<\/p>\n
the Good Samaritan gave roadside assistance.
\nI need a Ford-tough Savior to perform
\ncertain miracles: pay the tolls in their wicked plazas,<\/p>\n
abolish the speed traps in the temple,
\ntruck courageous into eternal sunrise.
\nI want Hot Rod Yahweh, Jr. to rev the engine<\/p>\n
of my love for fellow motorists,
\na love I forget a little more with each on-ramp,
\nevery parking lot, any time someone<\/p>\n
putters along at 53 on an Interstate.
\nMay he bless me, Turnpike Christ, as he raises
\nhis hands to embrace the long handles of the chopper.<\/p>\n
May he anoint me in motor oil, forgive me
\nfor buying Japanese. May he learn to love
\nme again after I\u2019ve taken his name in vain<\/p>\n
or wished the wreck upon the tailgater,
\nmay he make faith easy as a decal
\nand carry me past the overpasses,<\/p>\n
one set of tread marks when there should
\nhave been two, screeching safely to halt.<\/p>\n
Jesus is love but never more so than on the highway, when he delivers us from mid-size sedans unto our destinations. When he absolves us of our emissions. I want an anti-lock, all-weather Christ to emerge after three days in the median. Believer, evangelism requires a little asphalt, a little balm for the road rage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[54],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-3ET","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14182,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14067\/revisions\/14182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}