CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY Volume 56: Number 1 JANUARY 1992 Ministry: Rethinking the Term Diakonia Karl Paul Donfried .................................................................... Eternal Bringer of Breath James Winsor ............................................................................ Philosophical Presuppositions in the Lutheran-Reformed Debate on John 6 Lowell C. Green ........................................................................ Book Reviews .............................................................................. .................................................... Books Received :... ................... Indices to Volume 55 (1991) Author Index ............................................................................. Title Index ................................................................................. .............................. Scripture Index to the Homiletical Studies 16 CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY Eternal Bringer of Breath James Winsor 0 Christ, Eternal Bringer of the Breath of Life, Atways having been, Always coming to be from the Father, Thou breathy buoyant burst of penetrating light, Always breaking forth in brightness. All the weighty mass of stars and planets, All the tons of treasure, crushing backs and heavy hooves, And the burden-beast himself, beast and bail that he eats, earthbound weighty wheat, A11 this hast Thou spoken into being And the earth to which the seed is bound. To the selfsame earth Thou, Seed, wast bound. Bound to earth in Sarah's bosom, Abrarn's Seed, Satan's Weed, Good amidst his garden of rebellion. Bound to earth while bound to Mary's breast, Thou Bread who atest bread of heavy wheat, And Thou Burden-Beast Who bore the weighty treasure up the mount, Whose laden feet the steps did count. Then steel bound Thy jlesh to wood, and Gravity hath mixed Thy blood with soil. Thou didst endure the darkness And raise Thy tattered trunk To draw yet one more heavy breath of life. 0 Christ, Eternal Bringer of the Breath of Life, Always having been, Always coming to be from the Father, Thou breathy buoyant burst of penetrating light, Always breaking forth in brightness. Thou art forever joined to man.