I have seen the Death Star,
wandered through the universe –
where I carelessly jettisoned my heart
So many failed attempts at reversing course,
but in my vagrancy I found
the cosmos to be spiral – nearly round
Always bringing my hollow capsule back
to where it all began –
Somewhere between the flaming start
and the sputtering, gasping end
Lies my heart
Is it too large [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The Death Star
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Where’s My GI Joe?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Where’s my GI Joe? My two-year old son’s first sentence. The almost-six-inch camouflage green, or white, or black-uniformed soldiers with hinged hips, elbows, and knees, always squeezed by Jonny’s baby-fat fingers. His little regiment of toy soldiers lived in crowded and merciless toddler-service in a shoebox quanson hut under little Jonny’s bed.
Gym 3:16
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Love God with all your heart,
with all your guts, with all your sweat
and every muscle and pound you pile on
Brother Sir, Sister Ma’am
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To me something is conspicuous by its absence. What is absent from the body of Christ today is the understanding and practice of the millenial truth that Christians are in almost every sense a family, and brothers and sisters in particular.
How long has it been since another believer has called me brother? Many moons, sir and [...]
The Inaugural Prayer of Rick Warren
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There was something troubling in Rick Warren’s prayer at President Obama’s inauguration. His choice of words for invoking God sounded eerily like something from the Koran: “And you are the compassionate and merciful One.” The Muslim wording is “In the name of Allah, the merciful and compassionate one.”
The phrase he used is also in the [...]
