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Stuck Here
One of my favorite scenes from the Divine Comedy takes place when Dante and Virgil arrive to the gates of the City of Dis. While crossing the river Styx, Dante is confronted by a wrathful soul who is wallowing in the muck and mire of that marsh. Dante recognizes the soul as…
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Does a Man Gain?
In the congregation where I pastor, we are working through Luke’s gospel on Sunday mornings and walking with Jesus to Jerusalem. This week we are looking at Peter’s confession and Jesus’ call to discipleship in Luke 9. Last night the question which Jesus asks in Luke 9.25 “For what does it…
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Wilderness
This is a sonnet from a series I am doing as a part of a collaborative effort with artists: Asher McClain and Jennifer Edwards entitled Ashes to Eternity. Each Sunday through Lent, the three of us are installing a piece which corresponds to a weekly theme. These themes of Lent and…
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Legion
This sonnet is about the Gerasene demoniac. In it I imagine from the demoniac’s view, what Jesus’ coming meant. Did it mean judgement? Further bondage? Or does Jesus have something other in mind? What if Jesus’ coming meant new life arising from defilement and death? And what if in kindness,…
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Bread of Heaven
Today, I was able to give the message at the Kernersville Community Lent Service at Main Street UMC — an opportunity for which I am grateful. As a part of the message which was on the Bread of Life passage from John 6, I read a spoken word piece based…
Backward Mutters 