Tara pulled into the parking space at Johnson’s Grocery and jumped out of her car, tossing her keys in her handbag and slamming the door. She had to hurry if she wanted to get home in time for the latest episode of Game Plan. That’s when she saw him—Jay-Jay across the street with his mom—and smiled […]
Read more "Variable Chapter 4"“You want to what?!” “Listen, Krea, it’s because I really think he’s going to anyw—” Alston began. “So because you’re sure Quinn is going to do it anyway, you’re going to stop protesting and just help him? That’s how you keep your friend safe, by helping him plot his own death march?” “When you say […]
Read more "Race to Verdou Fountain Prt 2"Blood drips down and pools in little eddies— swirls of life. Warm. Metallic. Salty. Tarns of crimson cradled in stone. A cup to catch the ransom for our life. – – –
Read more "Crimson Reflection"Some hopes glow like bright balloons That lure you to the sky— They take you up to glorious heights Then pop, then drop, then die. And when you wake with muddy teeth And gravel in your eye, With hands and knees and elbows scraped, The pain will make you cry. Wipe those tear drops from […]
Read more "Hopes vs. Fears"To the tune of: “A Debtor to Mercy Alone” I’ll lift up my eyes to the hills. From where will my rescue arise? My help comes from Yahweh alone, the Maker of Earth and the skies. Don’t suffer my foot to be moved. Oh, Lord do not slumber or sleep! The Gaurd’ian of Israel […]
Read more "Psalm 121"Why? Because the scriptures say we should sing and make melody in our hearts with PSALMS and hymns and spiritual songs. We’ve got the hymns and spiritual songs thing down pat. But how often do churches sing psalms? My church decided to change this in our worship services. But we hit a snag. By and […]
Read more "On Reworking the Psalms for Modern Worship"They prayed it would not rain, And my heart began to cry Like the soulless desert’s sigh That thirsts for drink in vain. The cloudless, azure sky Of brilliant, sun-crowned days, The easy, thoughtless praise, Where grassy meadows lie Cannot forever keep. The rain clouds will arise And shroud the blissful skies– The heavens too […]
Read more "Sun and Rain"I never intended to be a prophet. The thought never even crossed my mind. And that’s saying a lot considering all the thoughts that do cross my mind. All I ever wanted to be was a librarian. I know. Kinda weird. But I like books so it seemed like the logical thing to do. I […]
Read more "The Predictions of Mollie Wiser on the Future and the End of the World"I do not believe that this is all there is to life. If I did, I would demand a refund. I just got off the phone with a dude—or it could have been a girl. Hard to say. They want to stay at Burlington Place for 2,000 a month. Burlington Place does not have any […]
Read more "Dictator Diaries Prt. 1-I Make a Determination"Lord of creation, Maker of light, God of all originality, Speaker of Worlds, Great Master Sculptor, use me for Your creativity. – Let me think freshly; help me to see truth’s pristine and always beautiful. God of the past, History maker, shine, through me, immutability. – Lend me Your thinking, Thinker of skill, Sage of […]
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