Water of Singleness – Again
Tears of joy fell down
Little weapons soaking cheeks
A marriage over.
Our Water
Drops of water fell
Sprinkled on an infant’s head
Calling youth to death.
#writing201
An Apology, a Comment and a Response
First of all, allow me to offer my apologies to a faithful reader of this blog, Dr. Cory Williams. I failed to approve a comment he made in response to my last blog post dealing with questions about Scripture. I am sorry, Dr. Williams. Not sure why I responded to your post personally and failed to approve it, but I did just that. I feel certain that if there were fines that could be written for “bad blogging techniques,” this mistake would have landed me a whopper of a fine – right along with my failure to properly spell check my posts and my occasional overuse of “however”! I’d be broke being these fines. Continue reading “An Apology, a Comment and a Response”
Ask Almost Anything – Catching Up
There have been three slightly related questions that have come in during our Ask Almost Anything series that I believe I would like to try and answer here, rather than take up time in worship. (Don’t worry, we will print some copies out so folks without access to the blog can read them as well.) Continue reading “Ask Almost Anything – Catching Up”
Untitled? Not Quite…
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(“Untitled Hymn” cover by Erin Sears)
Many times I would watch this woman with poor eyesight hold music up to the light so that she could make sure that she had the right piece for that particular stack. Then I would see her make certain that every slot in the choir room boxes would receive a copy of that music. Some serve until they are tired. Some serve till Jesus says, “Enough.” She was the latter –
“Come to Jesus…” Continue reading “Untitled? Not Quite…”
India – A Love Once Removed
My youngest daughter just returned from a Mission of Peace trip in India. It has been suggested that the participants of this trip not give any public presentations about the journey for at least one month in order to allow them the time to internalize everything that they experienced. I think that is a great idea.
However, I didn’t go to India. I allowed my daughter to answer a call she felt in her life to go and experience the world in a way that is different than what she normally experiences here in Southern West Virginia. Continue reading “India – A Love Once Removed”
Not Quite Home 