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Image in Poem and Preaching
Let the image sing loud, lean into the images to their breaking point, and then through the emotions in the image bring forth the meaning. Continue reading
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Nothing is Still
Behold, nothing is still. If you look, no, lookand still your eyeon the cypress, the brookis easy, but the cypress too—watch themgo, now; eyes, open they, meant to hide, quakein prescient wind, slowbut moving. Move in close, seethe distance increase. In, now; lean, nowtitanic movements beneath them, shakewith each second movingin atomic cadence— worlds, even Continue reading
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Daring to Speak of Heaven
The first of four reflections on the vision of heaven in Revelation 4-5 Continue reading
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And Every Day Since – A Memory
Here’s my permission to skip this poem and post. I can’t think of a more depressing way to end the year. I’ve been thinking about grief a lot lately, perhaps because of my chronic nostalgia, or the holidays, or something else entirely. So, I wrote this poem about a moment that has haunted me, a Continue reading
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Poems of the Incarnation – A Reading
I had a great time explaining my series of poems Poems of the Incarnation: John the Evangelist at Lena Free Church. If you’re interested, here’s a recording from the time. The poems themselves are forthcoming at Foreshadow, a Christian poetry magazine, but they were intended for my church as an advent devotional. Continue reading
Revival and Renewal 