J. Pax3 ReflectionsIt is not easy being alone with my thoughts. These days we have our magic mirrors and looking glasses. “Mirror, Mirror in my palm, reveal…Nov 17, 2019Nov 17, 2019
J. PaxOn any given day, really.But my memory is short as these intrusions are rutted, and I perhaps remember less of reality than what I believe of reality. “That might…Nov 17, 2019Nov 17, 2019
J. PaxMy favorite is Suite bergamasque, III.It’s the one that sounds like the distances starlight takes to travel, like a wooden boy’s wish, and like the prayer said in Gethsemane…Nov 17, 2019Nov 17, 2019
J. Pax5¶s on Immigration“Go back home.” I may be the only one in my family who’s never been cut by those words. I have no memory of it anyway, but I remember it inJul 17, 2019Jul 17, 2019
J. PaxF60.3They prayed believing that thoughts could save him, prayed to as many gods they could remember until it was just the Moon left to hear…Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019
J. PaxA Trans Hermeneutic on John 21:1–19Sermon for Columbia City Church of Hope (May 5, 2019)May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
J. PaxA 5¶ Essay to Come Out1. “Happiness writes white ink on a white page,” said Montherlant, and I’ve always believed him…Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019
J. PaxA Poet Explains Their PoetryIn the time I took to write, I’d traveled a thousand miles. In the shortness of my life, that — I learned — you cannot fight.Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
J. Paxdareover here, it’s all rife with folks trying. it’s fine buying this not-yet life. but i think it’s been time for you to be happy.Apr 8, 2019Apr 8, 2019