Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,

so that you may be able to prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12 2. This is resistance and reformation on the Fight, laugh, Feast Network.

I have found that multitasking in ministry keeps work fresh and vibrant. Thus, it probably shouldn't surprise no one

that I love to explore different genres, different subjects, and different formats in my speaking

and preaching, my teaching and blogging and podcasting. So, for instance, I do a series of explorations

of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary called wordplay for World Radio's daily news program,

The World and Everything in it. Just before Christmas, the world producers received a poem

from Carland Wendler, a medical missionary in Malaysia. He had a special request that I would read it

on air. The poem is wonderful, so I happily complied. Now, here it is again

in a reprise for my resistance and reformation listeners. How will a stone praise you by Carlin Wendler?

Some birds can whistle, warble, call, while kid and lamb bleat in their stall.

Colt and mare snort, Winnie and nay, calf and cow low amidst their hay.

Frogs will croak while chirp the crickets and squeak the mouse of field and thicket.

The bees they bustle, buzz and hum, and lizards slither when they run. Quacks and honks and

cries and roars, creations, praise, mounts. It soars. But how will a stone praise you?

Leaves can rustle, crumple, crack, and brushing branches veer and tack. Rain can beat and

drum and flow while shushing is the fall of snow. The waves they batter

lap or bash as peals of thunder clap and clash. The rushing river sounds applause and glaciers grind

and pop their flaws. How's the wind, or whispers near. All things are heard

to maker's ear. But how will a stone praise you? A throne stone whizzes, a dropstone clacks,

with ruckus down of valley's cracks,

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