Climbing Inside the Passion

by Christine Rodgers

The agony

of course

is there,

The agony

will always

be there.

But the love

inside

the sacrifice

seems the

wiser focus.

The astounding

astonishing love.

The giving

of one's life

so that I

might at last

have life

that you

might at last

have life

that we

might at last

have life.

Easter 2004

Christine Rodgers is an actor and writer living in San Francisco, California, who considers both acting and writing to be forms of giving witness and of praying. She is a regular contributor to The Witness , and may be reached by email at tallpilgrim12@hotmail.com .