Holiness Reeducation

A song rang out loud and clear, cutting and piercing my soul “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” Words of rock legend, voiced from a culture of extreme Why would anyone want to grow old, weak, ugly? No glory in being human, the people might stop looking. Kurt heard the words, he [...]

Going by In cars out of a dream Unaware of their poverty Poor Broken Lost Ignorant Climbing ladders to nowhere   I am wealthy Rich Living a lavish life They have no idea   Another flight Gone again today Left behind his home No worry they have enough Toys Cars A maid Classes Everything they [...]

Isn’t it amazing when you realize All your life, your ability to change To accomplish great things To find a better life Has been determined by the tiny space between your ears The secret hidden within   A paradox exists within our minds They are either the biggest or smallest places on earth Open to [...]

Searching for someone else   Do you like you who you are? When you are alone do you dream of being someone else? Is you, the real you, enough? Don’t you want more? Can’t you admit it? Aren’t you searching for someone else?  

There is a place on my hand; long its been there It is a wound, deep and long, a remnant of an old battle It just won’t heal; I pick and pick at it, never letting the scar fully form It sits there, aching, stinking, hurting, reminding me of what I am not   Thing [...]

I’ve been walking up this mountain, seems my whole life My parents taught me to walk, ever since my youth All I’ve ever wanted is to walk like them They have always seemed so sure, so strong, so faithful I wish my walk felt the same   As a kid I started off taking little [...]

Wet Lump of Clay   I am sitting here without purpose or form Bound forever in a lump of uselessness Longing, dreaming of being used Oh to be used to fill a need to find a purpose But, that isn’t my call, I am just dirt, clay, nothingness   Life is the same everyday as [...]

Lent Day 32 There are two me’s I don’t know which one you know I am not sure which one I know or which one I am One yearns for the light, the other relishes the darkness One desperately wants to glorify God while the other plots his own desires Praising, praying, preaching, leading, encouraging, [...]

My favorite part of worship each Sunday is the singing of the doxology. No matter what else has happened in the service. No matter who you are or your background. When the organ kicks in and leads us into the doxology, we are all united in praise of God. For me, that is when worship [...]

Lenten Reading Day 25: Luke 15 The Prodigal Son Rediscovering Home Home was a place of innocence A place where there was no danger Free from the constant threats of a culture bent on shaping me in its image But, as you grow older home lessens In its protection and its appeal Seeking to make [...]