For one of my Christmas gifts, I received a book about C. S. Lewis called Not a Tame Lion. If I had been a member of Lewis’s group the Inklings, I would have been more of an Owen Barfield character, a philologist, lover of words. I am also reading Barfield’s book on how history can [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Janus left the door ajar
Posted in Poetry, Quick Essays on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why did our Father throw Jesus?
Posted in Poetry, Quick Essays on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One Sunday afternoon when our oldest son was about three years old, he asked, “Mama, why did our father throw Jesus?” And that started a brainstorm of grand proportions. I had to think back through Sunday dinner conversation, the sermon, the prayers. “What do you mean, Trenton?” I asked. “Like Cully sang at church today,” [...]
Who are the “less-fortunate”?
Posted in Quick Essays on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We pray from Thanksgiving through Advent into Christmas and also forward into the New Year and Epiphany for God to bless the “less-fortunate”. I think we are all equally blessed, equally fortunate. The Creator has given us heaven and earth. Salvation through his Son. The watchful care of Spirit, the heavenly host, the great cloud [...]
My faith and the Bridge
Posted in Quick Essays on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A small rough hewn bridge spans a rushing creek in upper New Mexico. If I gather my courage and say aloud “I have faith in this bridge!” and stand on the bank what good is my faith? I am still on the side I want to abandon. I have two choices: faithfully cross the bridge [...]
West Texas Symphony
Posted in Poetry on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A fuchsia boa Stretches across shoulders Of blue-orange sky As Night waltzes with Day Un-chaperoned. Pelted by grit and chaff From dying, sighing wind, Mechanical Dinosaurs– Continuous Metronomes– Heads tethered: Bobbing, Legs Spinning: Pumping, Silently bringing to life The Old Ones Marking Time. Staccato bark–mocked by Coyote Electric pump (low bass) strains To produce pizzicato [...]
