Tristan Robert Lange

A Brand Plucked from the Fire

Riding religiously so

Every person receives

Voluminous vitality,

Especially the poor.

Render unto God

Everything. Give.

Never be deterred;

Don’t restrict renewal.

Jesus was rejected too,

Ostracized—in the field—for

Hanging with sinners,

Not pious holy-rollers.

Without grace,

Everyone is damned;

Salvation is for all.

Let the Spirit burn

Every heart to

Yearn that assurance.

Poet’s Note:

A Scorched Sunday poem. A part of my Scorched Strays series, an acrostic reflecting John Wesley’s life after the Church barred its doors to him — a preacher driven into the fields, aflame with grace wider than the system could bear.

First published on tristanrobertlange.com, November 30, 2025.