Author Archives: jackpelham

Some see Christianity as a questThat, once begun, must be completed. Others see it as a battleHaving been won at its very start. What say you?

At any moment in Wordle and religion alike,The puzzler is limited by what he can think of.

Have you considered the possibility that someone can be right by accident, believing a true thing, but doing so based on faulty fact, logic, and sourcing?

Uh, friend,You are, yourself,Caught up in the veryArtifice and scheme of whichYou are warning everyone else here.If it is so important that they allShould be warned about it―And I’m not saying that It’s not, mind you―It is not equallyImportant forYou … Continue reading →

At 10 years old, troubled Jeffrey had not yet learned much of the concept of good and evil. Having little of the concept themselves, his parents hadn’t considered it important to teach him much other than to do chores for … Continue reading →

He chalked up to mystery some thingsThat might otherwise have been solved,Even as he considered solved some thingsThat God had intended still to be mysteries.

Whoever shall we blameWhen the neglect and cheatingWe have been thus far content to tolerate Have grown insufferable and Too big to ignore?

He was not friendly,And I am left to decideWhat to make of that fact―Whether he is never friendly,Or whether it was just today―And whether it was his specificResponse to me, or whether it hadNothing whatsoever to do with me at … Continue reading →

That church of yours has sure got A strong conviction about how the womenNeed to submit to the men.It’s as if that conviction were God-powered―Set on fire by the Spirit of God himself,And burning bright within your souls,Always to be … Continue reading →

People are messy, and once you’ve got some years under your belt, it’s really not all that hard to find some fault in what they say or do, in their attitudes or beliefs about things. If you pay much attention … Continue reading →