• King of Peace

    King of Peace

    In the United States this weekend is full of holidays (or holy-days), and though they vary in degree of holiness, they all bear the marks of hope, devotion, promise, and of blessing or cursing. Black Friday marks the inauguration of the holiday shopping season, and with its sales and special…

  • A Great High Priest

    A Great High Priest

    This poem is based on Hebrews 4:14-5:6. If it is helpful you may listen to me read the poem via the player below. There is nothing he has not gone through Traversed the birth canal from mother’s womb Gestating forty weeks, he broke into His creation, lived life unto, dying,…

  • A Parent’s Target Number

    A Parent’s Target Number

    Yesterday was World Diabetes Day. My youngest’s Type One diagnosis eight years ago has brought so much change. The grueling management of the disease not withstanding, the T1D community and our friends and family have been of such immeasurable support and encouragement. Nevertheless, it is a looming gravitational force in…

  • God’s Final Word

    God’s Final Word

    One of the safe things about salvation is that the final word has been spoken. Not only is Jesus the last word of God, but Jesus so fulfills the work of God that nothing more need or can be said. Here in Hebrews 1, we see that “he [Jesus] sat…

  • Just So

    Just So

    This poem or spoken word piece had its start with a sentence I heard in a meeting I recently attended. I cannot recall the specific context or who spoke it, but the sentence captured my imagination, and I wrote it down. I believe the subject of the conversation was what…