Recently several people have asked me how I think Christians should respond to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people coming to services in the church. My pastor asked. One of the moms in my Bible study struggles for wisdom to know how to respond to her son, who has come out as gay. Another Christian [...]
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Complaining as Worship
Posted in Faith, poetry, prayer, writing, tagged imprecation, judgment, psalms of disorientation, rage, rappers, Superman, wrath on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I talked with a friend of mine who has an adult daughter with special needs. Some unsavory people took advantage of her daughter, who has been hospitalized. My friend is a Christian, and she was struggling with the ferocity of her rage. “I feel like a Mother Bear: ‘Don’t get near my cubs!’” she [...]
Smashing Pots
Posted in Faith, poetry, tagged earthen pots, Gideon, habits, schedule, What I Want on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was revising an old poem today and decided I’d post it. Here it is:
Smashing Pots
In darkness Gideon stood
above the conqueror’s camp
with his few men.
Each gripped a horn
in his right hand,
while in his left
he held an earthen pot.
And each pot hid a torch.
The signal came.
They blew their horns,
and shouted victory;
they smashed their pots,
and glory blazed;
they [...]
Psalm 90 – for writers, parents, craftsmen…
Posted in Faith, prayer, writing on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A number of years ago I set aside a morning to ask God to give me a faith vision for my writing. How should I pray for my writing? Where should I focus? I felt the Lord directed my attention to Psalm 90. So over the next weeks I memorized this psalm, and I have [...]
