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.
They blew their horns,
and shouted victory;
they smashed their pots,
and glory blazed;
they [...]
