Backward Mutters

  • Peregrinos

    With you I’ve walked down matrimony’s aisle, Ridden in a hearse’s funeral train reeling, Danced down in a vale on summer’s day while You wheeled round corners, walking for healing. And we press on walking, no choice but to follow Where the numbers take us correcting as we go. How…

  • Such Largess is Spread

    Sometimes the deceit that the large life is the only life worth having or living is adopted as the truth. It is its own form of self-righteousness — a self-justifying work. However, much of what is noble, treasured, and valuable is not the the large but the small. And it…

  • Diamonds of Wonder

    I found this little gem in a parking lot while walking to work. There’s beauty all around. While walking to work in winter’s cold bite To do the things that ever must be done Futile it seemed to fight the good fight I feared no blessing, no victory would be…

  • Unwound

    Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?” – Jonah 4:3,4 [gigya src=”https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/cdn/embed_player.swf” style=”background-color:transparent; display:block; max-width: 700px;” flashvars=”image_option=small&imgURL=https%3A%2F%2Fd15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net%2Fi%2F19419854%2F300x300%2Fc&link_color=%2358d1eb&mp3Author=randamir&mp3Duration=71601.6&mp3LinkURL=https%3A%2F%2Faudioboom.com%2Fboos%2F4106343-unwound&mp3Time=03.40pm+26+Jan+2016&mp3Title=Unwound&mp3URL=https%3A%2F%2Faudioboom.com%2Fboos%2F4106343-unwound.mp3%3Fsource%3Dwordpress&player_theme=light&rootID=boo_player_1&show_title=true&waveimgURL=https%3A%2F%2Fd15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net%2Fi%2Fw%2F4400580″ width=”100%” height=”150″ allowFullScreen=”true” wmode=”transparent”] Wound in God’s mercy…

  • Overthrown

    Overthrown

    Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” Jonah 3:4 He preached to Nineveh’s proud, hardened heart Both to high and low in station and in rank, And hearing and humbled they rent garments apart…