becoming flame

Humor

Broken Pages

These two pages should be more presentable now:

I discovered last weekend that their behavior had deteriorated since they were first published. I didn’t know what could have sent them down the wrong path – they seemed to be perfectly good pages at first. But it was corruption on the inside, a corrupt Blog Post block, that was their downfall.

I have now rebuilt them with the noble Query Loop block, an intense and complex fellow, but very able. I expect them to now live long lives free from corruption. I commend them to you.

Tags block editor, blog post block, blogging, hope, prayer, query loop block, wordpress

hope

Next to Last

By faith we understand, if we are to understand it at all, that the madness and lostness we see all around us and within us are not the last truth about the world but only the next to the last truth.
Frederick Buechner, Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons, “Faith”

To have faith is to remember and wait, and to wait in hope is to have what we hope for already begin to come true in us through our hoping.
Frederick Buechner, Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons, “A Room Called Remember”

May the last truth shine through to whatever truth you are experiencing now.

May the hope you are waiting for be true in your life now.

Grace and peace to you…

Tags a room called remember, faith, Frederick Buechner, hope, Secrets in the Dark, truth

Poetry

The Plain Truth

If you, like me, were taught
-maybe not in words-
your worth depends on what you do

And if your gut, like mine, tells you
-not in words-
you believe this to be true

Then, in spite of what we tell ourselves in words
we, both you and I, have a situation:

Our worth, yours and mine, is a doctrine
we try to prove with our words and our deeds

Instead of the plain truth we live out each day
in the safety of each other’s arms.
dw

Grace and peace to you this day…

Tags doubt, safety, self worth, truth

Current Events Poetry

Evil for evil’s sake

Inciting evil
To stop another evil:
Is this doing good?
dw, 3 Sep 2021

Tags good and evil, haiku, pro choice, pro life, SCOTUS, Texas

hope Poetry

Song of Hope – Finale

I believe in God the Father
maker of heaven and earth
And in Jesus Christ, his only
his only son, our Lord;
Conceived by the awesome power
of the Holy Spirit
And born in a lowly stable
of the virgin Mary;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended to the dead,
on the third day rose again.
He ascended into heaven
and sits at God’s right hand.
He will come to judge all nations,
his kingdom will have no end.