“Where is your brother?” The question hangs in the air. But I have no reply, except for despair. My heart was all hatred, but I still had a choice. Now there is silence where there once was a voice. “Give me an answer.” The Lord says with a sigh. But how should I know where […]
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WHAT the HELL?
BLESSEDNESS
THE TEACHER
“Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them…” The sermon on the mount is not a sermon, at least, not what we mean when we use that word. Jesus did not spend a week […]
THE WHISPERS OF HEAVEN
Heaven whispers. It almost never shouts. When it does shout it always seems to be in the aftermath of something horrific, like a tsunami or an earthquake; or that bright September morning when the Twin Towers were knocked down by hatred. At those moments, and for days afterward, Heaven is shouting. Not in anger, […]
I KNOW A MAN
I know a man. They said He was God. He had the hands of a construction worker and the tongue of a poet and teacher. He shaped stone and wood with one, and the hearts of men and women with the other. He was a king by birth but was happy to be thought of […]
HE BECAME
He became weak So that we could be strong. He became poor So that we could be rich. He became homeless So that we would always have a home. He became fatherless So that we could have our Father back. He became hungry So that we could feast. He became thirsty So that we could […]
GROUNDHOG DAY
HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY Channel surfing the other day I stumbled across the beginning of “Groundhog Day”, the classic 1993 film starring Bill Murray. It’s on the list of near-perfect movies, (A Christmas Story, The Matrix, Gladiator, The Hunt for Red October, The Kid, The Godfather, Etc.). “Groundhog Day” connects with me at every […]
30 Years with your Mother
30 years with your mother is not enough. I remember once, when we were dating, we were driving somewhere together, and I made some snippy and disrespectful comment about “old people” driving because one had inconvenienced me in some way. Later that day your mother gently reminded me that when we talk about the […]
THE TWEET
I tweeted a tweet today, Gave no thought to what I’d say. Something happened so I reacted, My thoughts are pure and unredacted. It was crude and it was shameless, It matters not for I am blameless. I did not stop to think or pause, All that matters is my cause. I have no interest […]