January 10, 2021

years ago,

it might have been in eighty-five

Canada ended its Lord’s Day Act

on some doubtful claim of rights

allowing our shops to be open

at the same time as our churches

pastors asked us to boycott

not spend God’s money in Godless shops

daring to open on the Lord’s Day

I don’t think they even noticed

(I think even then we didn’t know,

or wanted to,

how little difference we truly made

back then)

and noticed even less our absence

from lunches at Swiss Chalet

and big sales at Best Buy

(I think even now we don’t know,

or want to,

how little difference we truly make

right now)

witnessing our lack of witness all know

they can do whatever they want to do

and we’ll go right along (if protestingly)

I never liked the idea of boycotts

they seemed too indiscriminate to suit

the gospel and my need to share it

I’ve always believed my duty to God

was to use my resources wisely

to His honour and glory

theirs how they used what was given