A Word If You Will

Will a word change your thought? Or will it float down the stream—a dream till nought? Of one word you feel assured.     You have it stay. Another seems absurd;     You make it go. But sorting words this way     can’t bring you to know. What should one ask of a saying? “Can I […]

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Why This Over That?

Why do you go with this over that? Why do you enlist where you’re at? Is it finding happy feelings? …avoiding awkward dealings? Is your measure      pain against pleasure,      labor against leisure,      …truth against treasure? Maybe you’re seeking healing or just taking whatever’s appealing in the moment. But the bestowment of “go with the flow” […]

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Materialistic Theism in the Philippian Christ Hymn

(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) Theism is belief in the existence of God. But what is God? While the world’s religions have a variety of ideas about God, almost everyone agrees on certain aspects of his fundamental nature. Most would say that God is above and beyond the universe, for he brought the universe into existence. […]

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Clever Clever

Are we so clever, clever,that we need not find the way?Ought we not to read a letterthat warns us, “Cast sin away!”? Sinner wait – don’t close your ears to us!Contemplate – are you really good and glorious?Meditate – are you free from all that’s spurious?Choose your fate – live or die, love or hate […]

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Beyond the Purple Box

Beyond the Purple Box What has the party system done for you? It’s dividing your family, and your friends too! Don’t you see? It’s tribalism Chieftains vie by libel – schism How much do you really know about virology? Foreign relations? Finance? Climatology? Most receive what they believe in forming group identity But beliefs from […]

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Temporal Relativity

Given the importance of the physical placement of this poem’s words relative to each other, I have included it here as a .jpg rather than as webpage text. If you want to be able to copy and paste from this poem, I recommend downloading the PDF.

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Miss Misinformation and Lady Learning

Beware of Miss Misinformation She’s a “Yes And” Lady She’s agreeable Though unseeable, she has tailor-made news oh she’s baseless and shady with a deadly ruse; beware of bias confirmation She walks down your street and gives you her hand decked out like a hottie with a naughty glance Her lips drip of honey and […]

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