A path goes by
Along a gas line bare.
Short grass grows or dies.
Garbage gathers.
The pole stands alone.
Does the pole dream
of rows of poles
carrying telegrams
then phone calls
or perhaps electricity?
Does the pole wonder
why gas flows below
why a person walks by
why a truck dumps trash
why trees grow and die?
It’s just a pole.
It doesn’t care.
I walk on by
and wonder.
And probably forget.
One of the features of my Sunday School class is that we try to respond to the lesson of the day in the form of art, poetry, and stories. So what does one do with Ephesians 2 in terms of art? I like to experiment, so I read up on Haiku (English forms) and decided…
We believe God is omnipotent,but not that God is adequate. We believe God is omniscient,but not that God understands us. We believe God is omnipresent,but not with us in our time of need. We believe God is all gracious,but not that it applies to us. We believe that God is everything,but not anything particular. So…
I saw God’s shape in tall oak tree in lovely flower in rising sun flowing stream mountain high ocean wide when lightning glows and lightens dark night sky. I saw God’s shape in falling branch in faded bloom in setting sun raging flood volcanic blast hurricane when lightning strikes and splits and burns and kills….
This is the result of my having fun with my morning devotions and then mixing it with thinking about translation theory. Anyone up to produce Psalm 46 in another poetic form? I’m particularly interested in playing with translating into fixed forms. I’m safe with God my strength, my shield, my friend. In danger he is…
Like David, I can Approach God Because God is Giving Loving Forgiving Fully cleansing. Confess Because I am a Sinner Displeaser Prisoner Veteran wrongdoer. Rejoice Because God Teaches Enlightens Washes Songs restores. Be restored Because God is Creator Restorer Granter Willing deliverer. Proclaim Because I’m Singing Praising Sacrificing Witness giving….
