A resounding in my sleep world,a gong without noise.I tap my phone screen. It’s midnight.Why am I awake? What is this alert in my neck? I find the pen,do as I have done since I was nine or tenwhen I heard an alert from red-winged blackbirds.I write the moment. It is now 12:01.The day called … Continue reading August 31, 2019
Haunted
Why can’t You leave me alone? Your silent insistence is deafening…maddening. Make it go away. What have You brought me? What am I left with? Nothing. You came to me with a hope, an expectation, a promise… My being trembles. But what am I left with? What have You done to me? … Continue reading Haunted
UNTITLED
Selah. Stand in the silence and hear Your own heart. Hanging. Hear your life. Selah. Stand in the silence and hear Your breath move your blood. A rush. Then pause. Stand in the silence and hear Your grandparents; Voices not far. Their life. In you. Listen. Selah. Stand in the silence and hear The child. … Continue reading UNTITLED
Theological Failure
What do you hear when I speak of you? I express, I share. [Silence] Have you read my words about you? I construct, I craft. [Empty] Do my words have any meaning for you? I speak, I write. [Nothing] Does my theology mean anything to you? I research, I study. [Absence] What does it mean … Continue reading Theological Failure
Serving: A meditation on the plight of the rich
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor Proverbs 28:8 OK, God. I have been pitying the poor for about 30 years now. Maybe 40 if you count that in fourth grade I cheerfully tutored Scott Halsey in reading, even though he … Continue reading Serving: A meditation on the plight of the rich
