Tuesday Haikus: America
Underground a man works while my turd swims by. Golden boys unafraid, build white America. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: America
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Bible Leads: Luke 14:1-14
TEXT Luke 14:1-14 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?” But they were … Continue reading Bible Leads: Luke 14:1-14
Bible Leads: Ephesians 2:11-22
TEXT Ephesians 2:11-22 So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called ‘the uncircumcision’ by those who are called ‘the circumcision’—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. … Continue reading Bible Leads: Ephesians 2:11-22
Bible Leads: Mark 4:26-34
Bible Leads is a rendering of my sermon preparation: researching facts & cross-references, drawing up connections through personal experiences, art and music and discerning the essence of the text. Text Mark 4:26-34 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he … Continue reading Bible Leads: Mark 4:26-34
Bible Leads: 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
Bible Leads is a rendering of my sermon preparation: researching facts & cross-references, drawing up connections through personal experiences, art and music and discerning the essence of the text. Text 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—‘I believed, and so I spoke’—we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the … Continue reading Bible Leads: 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
Itinerant Haiku
Hometown pariah You’re gonna get ostracized and kicked out again. Continue reading Itinerant Haiku
Lectionary Haikus: John 12
Anointing the blessed struggle- Mary knows Continue reading Lectionary Haikus: John 12
POETRY: Kitties, Crickets and Crooked Branches
Kitty in window Oversees lovers at play Blissfully unfree · September cricket Sings a dusky requiem- Rests as cars roar by — That crooked tree must be balancing out the rest of the earth. For she is bent in a gnarly shape, superficially ugly, with patches of green leaves ready to die. Bending shoots of dead branches testify to the sickness within. She is innocent-no … Continue reading POETRY: Kitties, Crickets and Crooked Branches
Dog Days of Haiku-05
Reaching out to touch your bare knee- A Sabbath Continue reading Dog Days of Haiku-05
Dog Days of Haiku-04
Color on paper Invites me back fifteen months To when life began Continue reading Dog Days of Haiku-04
