Gathering

Gathering Jason Goroncy (bio) And so they gathered, threateningto hasten 'the kingdom' andto 'discern' god knows what.And so they watched lots of TVand politely endured a repetitious sales pitch no one wasbuying the first time. One or two bravedanother word above the backgroundnoise of marking small circles onbits of coloured paper. And the wine had long run outand the TV channel was stuck, andamid brief fireworks in the foga choir hinted that it all might be otherwise, and the strangegod who might know what, and whowandered lost-like into the gathering, nowleft hastily out past the loos into the night. [End Page 171] Jason Goroncy Jason Goroncy teaches theology at Whitley College, University of Divinity in Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely in the areas of public theology, theology and the arts, death, and the church. He recently published, together with Rod Pattenden, Imagination in an Age of Crisis: Soundings from the Arts and Theology (2022).