Category Archives: Faith and Hope

Sitting in the wilderness by a meager fire,A few weeks after leaving his lifeTo follow the stranger named Jesus,The disciple exhales in exhaustion. He shakes his disbelieving head,Reflecting on his stupidity,And eats a small piece of fish and stale bread,As he shivers in the nighttime air. Inside his ragged and dirty clothes,His body is cakedContinue reading “The Despondent Disciple”

Your soul feels black and blue,From evil’s daily beating,Your pain no one’s concern,Like a hare the wolf is chasing. Your road but trips and falls,Into depths of dark despair,Each seems to be life’s reckoning,Your wrongs to be declared. You must suffer this life of storms,With Panglossian view of hope,Accept with cheer what happens,For the liesContinue reading “Pangloss”

Brake lights seen are often rare,Like red eyes in eidetic stare,All these corners never straight,Twisted by the open gate. Stop him!Hold him there!Pray upon life’s saving ride,A thousand tears I’ve cried. I’ve cried. A reading of my story tells,Other roads go straight to hell,Sibilate sounds lock wooden doors,But on this ride, will hear no more.Continue reading “The Only Road”

Feel dirt and grime in tents of time,Hear prophecies of miracles told,Voices carried where desert winds,Blow breaths of spirits old. Walk miles of ancient sands a‘fire,Burning your eyes right through,Gaze upon the sandy dunes,To reveal his holy truth. Yon’ distant scenes of airy waves,Blooms once were said to come,Our savior plants the fallow land,His winnowingContinue reading “Second Coming”

I found out this morning that I am a real prayer warriorwith my well thought out prayers, learnedand parroted from scripture readings,church liturgy, and fed by the Holy Spirit.I throw in something personal from time to timejust to keep it real. I talk to Jesuslike a friend, a respected and loved friend,but just a coupleContinue reading “When the War Comes Home”

There are days I feel a fraud,Like a pervious Christian facade,I kneel in prayer to ask relieffrom this mirror image flawed. Evil angels have dominion here,To this world they tightly cling,Their prying claws infect my soul,Beguiling songs they sing. But I hear the words of Jesus,His voice of inspiring grace,I feel His hands wipe myContinue reading “Conflict”

How would it feel to tell the stars to flashtheir light across a darkened nighttime sky,Just talk instead of labile tempers clasharound a blazing fire on mountain high. To shower skies with snow or water drops,Or fill the seas with fish and glistening sand,To tell the sun it’s time to shine – or not,Or throwContinue reading “Made in His Image”

As I waited on my flight in an airport restaurant,From a corner booth, a harsh cough growledlike the tortured hiss of tires braking on damp pavement.I recognized it from the hospital.It was the sound of Illness.I sat down across from Illness, and he looked at mewith contempt as sweat dripped from his fevered brow;He coughedContinue reading “Abstract Conversation”

From single grains of sandcomes a broadsandy shore. Against the sandy shore, restsa vastpainted ocean. Be a grain of sand, that shapes the shore, to color the ocean. Live as God would have you –connectedwith love and grace.

My elbows were on my knees,My thoughts lay in my hands,Like a pirate under the lash,This pain was not my plan. I’m alone on this island,Choices I’ve made to blame,By my side for all these years,Then a stranger you became. Shall I live as a bird in this cage,With a skirr of flightless wings.Or learnContinue reading “Redeeming Prayer”