JULIAN OF NORWICH DEBATES MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Faithful Resistance
Written By Scott Robinson

Remember all is going to be well;
Don’t rail against the mob, nor be in haste.
And still you’re going to have to fight like hell.

They pull the living mollusk from its shell
And toss it to the buzzards—reckless waste!
Remember all is going to be well,

Though every peal were charity’s death knell,
And love deported to the howling waste—
Then still you’re going to have to fight like hell.

If enemies should board, we’ll sound the bell,
And nail our bloodied colors to the mast!
Remember all is going to be well.

Our Courteous Lord will brave the rushing swell,
And lead His children through the fiery blast—
But still you’re going to have to fight like hell.

You think that you’re secure within your cell?
Not till it’s safe for every tribe and caste.
Remember all is going to be well.

Their children’s children will recall, and tell
Their children how the ruin became so vast.
Remember all is going to be well—
And still you’re going to have to fight like hell.

Scott Robinson

Scott has one of those résumés that give HR people a migraine. He grew up amongst the glacial hills and lakes, and long, cold winters of Central New York. He has worked at Renaissance Faires, as, variously, an actor, musician, and a Tarot reader, and at one faire he met his wife, Allison. He taught college music for ten years, then studied to become an Interfaith Minister, in which he concentrated on hospice chaplaincy. He is a professed member of the Third Order of St. Francis, a religious order within the Episcopal Church. He has recently begun the study of Druidry, as part of his quest to "free Christ from his Near Eastern captivity." He has early onset Parkinson's Disease, which is making him less inhibited every day, God help us. He lives in Philadelphia.

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