Gentle Words
Gentle words bring life
Perversity comes in
Living spirit smashed.
(Based on Proverbs 15:4)
Gentle words bring life
Perversity comes in
Living spirit smashed.
(Based on Proverbs 15:4)
Asaf’s Song Yahweh, God over gods spoke Summoning the world from farthest east to utter west. From Zion, his perfect beauty Blazes out everywhere. Our God is coming, and will not be silenced Devouring fire leads, Powerful wind surrounds. He calls to the skies above and the ground below to judge his people. Gather to…
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…
There is, says Paul … Neither Jew nor Greek yet they have different histories different ways of life different languages different cultures Neither slave nor free yet they still have different backgrounds different economic status different concerns different ways of living. Neither male nor female yet we have different physiologies different psychologies different interests different…
An intelligence Caught in a maze Of action Reaction Interaction Senseless negligence. The intelligence Thinks in the maze Of action Connection Direction Hope for deliverance. That intelligence Finds in the maze Affection Guidance Radiance Faith with a difference. This intelligence Mangles the maze With action Connection Direction Help from a confidence. The confidence Gets from…
Everything has its season. Each purpose has its time. A time for birth, a time for death. A time to put in, a time to pull out. A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to demolish, a time to construct. A time to cry, a time to laugh. A time to lament,…