Go Thy Way for This Time: A Voice from the Drowned Hall

Narrated from the perspective of a submerged sandstone block lying six feet under the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel, Go Thy Way for This Time offers a reflective examination of spiritual procrastination. The stone, once part of the floor of Herod's judgment hall in ancient Caesarea Maritima, recalls witnessing centuries of Roman governance, including the conversion of the centurion Cornelius and the tragic death of Herod Agrippa I. Its focal memory rests on the two-year imprisonment of the Apostle Paul, who preached righteousness, temperance, and coming judgment to Governor Antonius Felix. Though Felix trembled at the message, he postponed his decision with the words, "Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee". Tracking the eventual collapse of the harbor, the rise and fall of empires, and the physical decay of the palace into the ocean, the narrative contrasts the fleeting nature of human achievements with the eternal, urgent demand of the Gospel.