where do</p><p>old gods</p><p>go</p><p>when</p><p>believed in</p><p>no more</p><p>must be</p><p>thousands</p><p>of them</p><p>funds contributed</p><p>for their support</p><p>borrowed</p><p>to finance</p><p>new gods</p><p>soon stunned</p><p>by how quickly</p><p>they pass</p><p>from reverence</p><p>to antique store</p><p>tourism</p><p>then</p><p>archeological</p><p>curiosity</p><p>finding comfort</p><p>in the fellowship</p><p>of abandonment</p><p>they await</p><p>temporary</p><p>employment</p><p>when times</p><p>become too</p><p>wet dry</p><p>hot cold</p><p>out of</p><p>control</p><p>war</p><p>plague</p><p>famine</p><p>and they can</p><p>count on</p><p>relationship</p><p>issues</p><p>breakups</p><p>commitments</p><p>to bless</p><p>friendships</p><p>forged</p><p>betrayed</p><p>business deals</p><p>in the making</p><p>there are always</p><p>illnesses</p><p>hopes for</p><p>mercy</p><p>justice</p><p>we pray</p><p>because</p><p>we are</p><p>creatures</p><p>long ago</p><p>it was believed</p><p>the world rests</p><p>on the back</p><p>of turtles</p><p>in our </p><p>digital age</p><p>we understand</p><p>it is one</p><p>and zero</p><p>and one </p><p>and zero</p><p>and one</p><p>all the way</p><p>down</p><p>i baptized</p><p>a corpse</p><p>for the sake</p><p>of his wife</p><p>although</p><p>it isnt our</p><p>policy</p><p>maybe</p><p>only those</p><p>go to heaven</p><p>who are willing</p><p>to go to hell</p><p>if that leaves</p><p>room</p><p>for someone</p><p>else</p><p> h.</p><p>Hubert Neth, a Lee&#x92;s Summit resident and United Methodist pastor, has been a Journal contributor for 20-plus years.