The Visitor

Authors

Joshua Fields, Concordia Seminary, St. LouisFollow

Document Type

Literary

Keywords

short story

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Take and drink.” The command, rehearsed countless times before, nevertheless rolled forward slovenly, tripped on the edge of Privett’s tongue, and tumbled over his sharp chin into the ears of his parishioner. The recumbent old woman, still chewing with the monotonous motion of an outdated machine, bent her neck awkwardly. Privett lowered the cup. Through a gap in the blinds, a ray of sunlight momentarily caught hold of it, arresting the glass midair. The suspended wine glistened with shards of gold. Then Privett’s arm moved again, and the room’s habitual shadows extinguished it. Like a tiny blind organism creeping toward sustenance, the woman’s thin lips curled over the rim.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Fields, Joshua (2024) "The Visitor," Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/grapho/vol7/iss1/7