I have recently been asked to contribute to a project involving the Westminster Larger Catechism. Having sworn a blood oath to secrecy, I can’t tell you any more at this time. However, it reminded me of a previous challenge made by my Canadian friend, Daniel, eh? that I answered by versifying part of the Shorter Catechism. So, for your edification (and to answer the question, “Why don’t most people appreciate poetry?”), I give you
Questions 1–17 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism in thirteen haikus:
The chief end of man
Glorify God forever
Pleasure without end
Word of God contained
In Old and New Testaments
Tells how that is done
God is a spirit
Entirely unlimited
In ev’ry aspect
But one God is he
Three persons distinct yet one
A solo trio
The decretive Word
Of his sov’reign counsel
Ordains all that is
His creative hand
Made all that is from nothing
In six days all good
Man male and female
To them he gave dominion
In his image made
Gracious providence
Wise preserving governing
To his creatures giv’n
A covenant made
A tree, a command, a promise
Alternative: death
Serpentine deceit
Nonconformity to law
Transgression of law
They ate of the fruit
God had strictly forbade them
Covenant broken
The covenant made
For Adam’s posterity
In Adam all died
Adam’s guilt shared
All corrupted, all defiled
Sin and misery
Feel free to contribute your own theological verse. It needn’t be based on any confessional statement, and you don’t have to limit yourself to haiku. Any short form will do (I’m especially fond of limericks).
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