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2014

  • Story of My Life

2015

  • Carpe Diem
  • Words With Friends
  • “That’s Not My Name”
  • Bumping the Lamp
  • Processing the Summer
  • Relational Gospel
  • Extraordinary
  • Isobaric (Under Constant Pressure)
  • Scared

2016

  • Sleep
  • Motive 1,2
  • The Most Important Decision I Made This School Year
  • People of the Lie
  • On Racism in America: Some Humble Thoughts
  • What To Do When Waiting
  • The Story of My Life, Part 2
  • Everything Is Going To Be OK

2017

  • That’s Not My Name, Part 2
  • “So what do you do with all this knowledge?”
  • When in Vienna…
  • Haus de Meeres – Aqua Terra Zoo (or Evil and the God of Love)
  • The Golden Boy and the Prodigal
  • Yukon, Oklahoma (Or Hey, I was in Europe for 3 months)
  • Who is my neighbor?
  • Top 5 Albums For Christians In 2017

2018

  • Art, Humanity, and Disney Movies
  • Why I Will Be the Most Content Person I Know On Valentine’s Day (and why, perhaps, you should be too)
  • Is Jesus the answer?
  • I’m Afraid of IT
  • April 19th, 1995
  • Finding Faithfulness in Uganda
  • On Winning Tickets from a Radio Station
  • The Lark Ascends

2019

  • Hope
  • April 19th, 2019
  • Happy (Late) International Women’s Day
  • Virtue Signaling: Law without Grace
  • Free At Last

2020

  • There’s a lot going on here, pt. 2
  • Living a good life, not getting it right, and the enneagram
  • A brief meditation
  • New Wineskins
“You’ve probably never heard of them…”
Blog, Songs

“You’ve probably never heard of them…”

A brief exploration of two of my favorite female artists. Continue reading “You’ve probably never heard of them…”

Poetry

Palace of Time (or Summer Memories)

Crystalline jet of a cornered ocean chemical odor wafts over and in the water Crisp air cools wet wears Then … Continue reading Palace of Time (or Summer Memories)

Poetry

On “Sligo River Blues – Original Recording” by John Fahey

(2/17/21) Plodding along, I hike To an ethereal song Which pulls me tenuously toward some celestial sky Though, I never … Continue reading On “Sligo River Blues – Original Recording” by John Fahey

Poetry

On Sunday Night Rain Storms

(1/24/21) The rush of a hundred thousandTroops upon the rooftops,Clanging artillery which flashes and booms The city is under attack. … Continue reading On Sunday Night Rain Storms

Poetry

a vacation observed

(12/24/20) Slots shade views piercing from reality Buildings both lofty and squatty peer in A wave carried lightly through haze … Continue reading a vacation observed

Poetry

Mountains in OK

I would weep to see it – to see the measureless mountains meander my direction, to see them silently shift … Continue reading Mountains in OK

Stories

The Incalculable Spirit of Larry McConnell, Part 3

Part 3, what happens to our friend Larry? What world will he enter into? Heaven, hell? Or something else? Part … Continue reading The Incalculable Spirit of Larry McConnell, Part 3

Stories

The Incalculable Spirit of Larry McConnell, Part 2

Part 2 of the story. Larry experiences something difficult. Part 2 Continue reading The Incalculable Spirit of Larry McConnell, Part 2

Stories

The Incalculable Spirit of Larry McConnell, Part 1

Please enjoy my first short story, divided into three parts. Part 2 on Wednesday, Part 3 to follow on Friday, … Continue reading The Incalculable Spirit of Larry McConnell, Part 1

Poetry

Bar Thoughts

The contents of the day are spread across the sky by the setting sun, as the wind pushes me into … Continue reading Bar Thoughts

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