Monday, August 17, 2009

Try this on for size...

Hey everyone... I thought you might like to check out my latest project. I'm writing a book called, "They Shall Hide Behind God" - It's about the fear that many Christian people face when they come into contact with either change or our culture... this is the first paragraph... the seed from which I hope a mighty literary tree will form. I hope you like it:

THE WAR WITHIN -- In 1863 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his famous poem, “Christmas Bells”. It was a poem that would later be put to music and sung as a Christmas Carol detailing the deep inner struggle of the author. On one hand, the ringing church bells echo with the peaceful message of Christmas, on the other clamoring just as loudly and begging for attention is the violence of the world. Despite the constancy of the Christian message, and the continual reminders brought on by “a voice, a chime, a chant sublime, of peace on Earth good will to men” the author finds the promise the Christ failing in the face of the cruel realities of war.

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Wyoming



Dry
Tall Realities
Stone Epiphanies
Vulture Song and Lonliness

But there's Beer
And Cactus Water
Sours the stomach
So Drink the sand
dirt
gravel

Feast the distant horizon
Starving for a quiet God
Rock will be your prayers