Monthly Archives: February 2007

"speak with conviction…"

Joe Thorn posted a video of a poet by the name of Taylor Mali reciting one of his pieces. Great poem; watch it and take it to heart.

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Nightly trips to the water closet

Stranger creaking through a strange house. Dark hallway sighing through the floorboards. Bare feet shuffling, Trying not to wake the rooms I pass. Light flares, my rods and cones doing their dance. An exchange of waters and a glass to fill me up. The darkness comes at the speed of light. Now I'm quietly rushing For the strange house is chasing me, Back to the sheets that are my safety from monsters ...

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February 5, 2005

Say a prayer before falling free: Fearless is synonymous with disbelief. In this deep knowledge of need we are finding every flaw become eclipsed by the love of God. The courage to become does not finally come- Instead we are taught to decide with the cross and beyond always in eye.

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Where is the Body?

People have been trying to get Christians to shut up for as long as we have been around (Check out the stories in Acts 4, 5, and 6-8, for some of the earliest records of the attempts to shut down this love revolution). The attempts have been unfruitful, yet they keep coming. One ...

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another relationship begins

Nothing between she and I... and still I can't touch her. So much space in a fraction of an inch. So much distance between the first kiss. Too far long to overcome what people seem the think for now. So I bang my head against this wall and remind myself of why the door is locked. Still, the key I have I long to fit into her ...

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