prayer – Scattered Verses

A Psalm for Today

O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

These days, our reaction as a society to hypocrisy could be an illustration of hypocrisy itself. The entrenched on either side of an issue scream “Hypocrite!” at each other across a divide of their own making…to insure the increase of that divide. Like children choosing sides to play Red Rover, many of our politicians, ourContinue reading “Coward’s Power Play”

The Literal of the Word

One of the most immature ideas I ever had about the Bible was that it must be both literally and figuratively true at the same time. Jesus made the prophecies literally true. Much that is literal can be found in the poetry of the Psalms. ‘The Song of Solomon,’ however, definitively disabuses one of thatContinue reading “The Literal of the Word”

Hurricanes, Hardships, Tornadoes, and Tumult

Jesus, divine Brother of mine, I do not understand. You are merciful and faithful Yet, pouf, they’re gone. The grandmas and papas, the sisters and cousins, the brothers and uncles The aunts, the moms, the dads, the kids…and the critters The houses, the places of work and worship; of healing and learning. Pouf. Gone. IContinue reading “Hurricanes, Hardships, Tornadoes, and Tumult”

An Extra One

A Prayer Gracious Father, I come to You on bended knee, Deserving nothing, yet asking—pleading for Your ear, To hear the outcry of Your children in imminent peril For them, Lord . . . for me . . . Your promise to keep. Blessed Christ, at the foot of Your cross, Gracious healer of theContinue reading “An Extra One”