Category: poetry
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A Prayer for Bedtime
This sonnet is based on Psalm 131 and is entitled, “Dear Heart.” Dear heart, do not lift thine eyes to the hills Where control and pleasure are wound as one, But feed on grace, the daily bread which fills, Lest thou be left empty, thy life undone. Dear soul, be…
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Watch with Me
This ekphrastic poem is based on the Second Station of the Cross piece drawn by Keaton Sapp entitled, “Watch with Me.” It is part of a larger collection which is being installed at Grace Kernersville through Lent. The entire exhibit will be the pieces which will form Stations of the…
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Thou Saw First
This poem is the first in a series of poems for Lent entitled, The Stations of the Cross and is a part of a larger project entitled the same. The collection as a whole will form a composition in which people may use to walk the Stations of the Cross…
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Ash Wednesday
A couple of years ago I participated in my first Ash Wednesday service as a pastor. I was surprised at how imposing the ashes effected me. There is something deeply intimate with touching a person’s face. And to smear ashes on their face and look them in the eye and…
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What Do You See?
Last fall I preached from the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah begins with the Lord calling him into ministry, but Jeremiah is skeptical of his own abilities and unsure that the Lord will continue with him. Just in that moment, the Lord asks Jeremiah what he sees. Jeremiah is looking at…
Backward Mutters 