I’ve Given Up on Christmas

I was in a dark place when I wrote this, and I don’t just mean my bed.

I’ve given up on Christmas.
The good guy never wins.
The so-called season spirit
Sells greeting cards and things.

A Savior Turned Away

After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you…

2016

A nation regresses
Turns back its successes 
Promotes its excesses
From good it digresses

A charlatan rises
Mocks those he despises
Deceives and disguises
Mischaracterizes

Thirty bits of silver

Thirty bits of silver 
That's the going rate
Sell your soul down river
Make the country "great."

A word of thanks

I spend a lot of time here in this blog calling out those in power who I see doing harm to the most vulnerable in our society. This time around, I decided to flip that and take a moment…

Thoughts and prayers

Thoughts and prayers for all those killed, their families, classmates, friends.

Unless they don’t grieve the way we want them to or dare to speak their minds.

That is something we simply can't abide.

My father's voice

Far back as I remember, my father’s voice was strong,
Preaching from the pulpit or belting out a song,
A joyful noise to…

It’s not you, it’s me.

I’ve changed. A lot.

Lesser Evils

I don't want to think
nearly half of all voters
are gullible fools,

On bended knee

When I was a child my parents taught me
To humble myself and pray on my knee.
A reverent position for supplicant love
Surrendering all to our God up above.