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Sometimes I Freak, Part III
Sometimes I freak when I go to church. When you step into a church somehow you feel like you should be on your best behavior. That’s not really a Godly feeling or sentiment, since I believe that God...
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Nothing Anymore
I came close, Or at least I thought. I prayed. I read the Bible. I went to church. I worshipped “Someone” Whom I believed to be God. I “fellowshipped” with other believers, Or I tried, anyway....
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Thailand
Clash bang stifle swing Drop dank doom dapple Blood dip zoom rip Tangle bow envelope Tip swipe baffle whack Cringe kick cleats quit Running screaming Hiding hoping praying Giving sparing mercy Mop...
View ArticleBoth Ways
Sharing smothered thoughts, Restricted feelings abound. Hesitation rules the imagination, Hiding from the truth, Although it tortures me. Yearning for stability, Some kind of consistency. If only I...
View ArticleA Miracle
Gliding along the currents of air, I’m lifted by the light that shines on me. Love permeates my being, Like a spear piercing my side. The nails are hammered through My ragged wrists. I cry out, My God,...
View ArticleIn the Presence of Everything
Are you the hand That I shake in the pew, Or on my way out the door, To the parking lot? … Are you the presence, In the plate and cup, Upon the altar, That is given for me to consume? … Are you the...
View ArticleWe Are One
I waited for you On top of the mountain, But you didn’t show. I went down Into the valley, But I didn’t see you there. I sailed on the ocean, Hoping to catch A glimpse of you at sunrise, But I was...
View ArticleMake A Difference
Give create assist dedicate forgive educate care play believe sponsor mentor free tell sing preach pray read live dramatize dance communicate write recite fix build clean construct maintain mow plant...
View ArticleCourageous Relationships (link to video)
www.saintpaulsumc.org/sermon/new-places-for-new-people-courageous-relationships/ Click on the above link to view a sermon by Rev. Dr. Kandace Brooks in which she challenges her congregation to step out...
View ArticleMercy
Alone, but not alone. God waits behind the curtain– Or is it I that wait on God? We wait on each other, then, In a sort of waltz together, Taking one step forward, And one step back, Rotating in...
View ArticlePower
Wrong meets right. The fight is strong. Laugh, they will. Cry out, they must. Shout, at the top of their lungs— Justice must prevail. So many innocent lives Have been crushed by the fist Of the...
View ArticleA Reflection on Juneteenth
Crimes unimaginable Sins unfathomable Wrongs not righted With an apology, A soft word, Or the stroke of a pen. Pain to the deepest parts Of the heart and soul, The very fiber of one’s being, A wound...
View ArticleWalmart Pariah
A woman stands at the entrance With a shopping cart full Of her cherished belongings, Waiting patiently on the generosity, Or, rather, pity, or worse, guilt, Of the passerby, to convict, To shame, or...
View ArticleThe Uncertainty of Truth and a Leap of Faith
Knowing the truth is possible but being certain of the truth is not possible. Certainty is a luxury of the ignorant. There is an argument that can be made against the existence or presence or activity...
View ArticleA Prayer for the World
I closed my eyes to the world, For I could not bear another Moment of its peril, Persecution and sword. All the fighting was too much To take in each day, The cruelty and carnage, The swearing and...
View ArticleLost
I want to get closer, But I’m afraid. I want to pray, But I’m not sure Who I’m praying to. So many different images In my mind, Competing for my Attention. Who are you, And what do you Want from me?...
View ArticleThe Lord’s Prayer with commentary
Our Father, the best father imaginable, and if not imaginable, the best Mother, or Brother, or Sister, or Friend; Who art in Heaven, that place that isn’t a place, the perfect state of being, of...
View ArticleReaching Out
Reaching out. Waves crashing, At my feet. Love crushing The air Out of my lungs. What is to be Expected From my great God Next? Joy is pulling out My fingernails. Peace is knocking me Unconscious....
View ArticleThe Fight
With a battering ram strapped to my forehead, I push through the glistening walls of the great cathedral. But for what? Has this victory won me anything of value? After all, the war has already been...
View ArticleCarried Away
Life flowing from my heart Is cut down by rivers of doubt. The rushing water wears down My early oaths and affirmations, Slowing my faith to a halt. My simple plan to ditch the man of the gospels,...
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