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 [...]
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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 »
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. [...]
