Based on a true story of leaving Sunday school to go watch a choir practice in the next room.
All in Some Sense
Poem: Flagellation
I think the religious have always had a fraught relationship with suffering, mostly because it’s inevitable but always feels unfair.
Poem: The Fervent Believer
Something about her performance reminded me of the religious shrieker married to the father in The Brothers Karamazov.
Poem: Too Much Too Soon
Every day above ground is a great day for being with people you love.
Poem: The Toll
I couldn’t figure out why I was so sad sitting in Sunday School. I can wait in a DMV without wanting to cry, so why the emotion?
Poem: The Inadequacy of Omnipotence
A short poem that, I think, makes an important point.
Poem: Sitting on a Bench
A thought occurred to me as I was seeing all the manufactured mysticism: some people have to fake it because they didn’t make it.
Poem: God's Will
I was contemplating the shaking teen who had to do the prayer all over again, and I just couldn’t in my heart believe salvation was in the balance.
Poem: The Devil!
I have met the enemy, and it is myself. This is a good news/bad news situation.
Poem: Respectable Man & All the Missing Things
For my good friends with dementia and everyone who knows who they really are even when they aren’t quite being themselves.
Poem: Baby Hands
My son has big hands and and a mother who loves him, and this poem is a true story.
Travel Log: The Great Midwestern Road Trip #6
From June 4th to June 13th my family piled into a rental car and drove through eleven states straight down the middle of the country. These are our tales.
Poem: Faith of the Self-made Man
I’ve seen lots of men who don’t want to believe in coincidence because it would mean they couldn’t take credit for their fortune, however, I don’t think they’ve thought through the theological implications.
Travel Log: The Great Midwestern Road Trip #5
From June 4th to June 13th my family piled into a rental car and drove through eleven states straight down the middle of the country. These are our tales.
Travel Log: The Great Midwestern Road Trip #4
From June 4th to June 13th my family piled into a rental car and drove through eleven states straight down the middle of the country. These are our tales.
Poem: The Cowboy & the Mountie (for Phil)
My friend told me the difference between the American (my word) or Yankee (his word) and the Canadian could be summed up by comparing the Cowboy and the Mountie. For Phil.
Poem: Redemption
With all due respect to the twenty-year-old missionary, I think we need to revisit the notion of dramatic conversion.
Travel Log: The Great Midwestern Road Trip #3
From June 4th to June 13th my family piled into a rental car and drove through eleven states straight down the middle of the country. These are our tales.
Travel Log: The Great Midwestern Road Trip #2
From June 4th to June 13th my family piled into a rental car and drove through eleven states straight down the middle of the country. These are our tales.
Poem: God's Humble Servant
Based on a true story that I don’t really want to talk about.