Author Archives: jackpelham

If you want to keep the Big Tent filled,You’ll have to sacrifice a thousand details At the altar of MindlessnessIn order to get the sort of Unquestioning loyalty you’ll needTo keep things running smoothly.

Did anything ever happen in the skyThat is not happening now? And is what we see nowAll there ever was?

There are two kinds of kindness in this world—The commoner kind having in mindOnly the earthly sensibilities,And the other taking the broader viewUnder the influence of Heaven.

It’s amazing what marvelous and life-altering ideasCan pass unnoticed under the radarOf someone who’s not looking for new ideas.

I coined the term “Interpretation Neglect” a fear years back so I could talk about how people tend to gloss over the possibility that they could be wrong in the way they’re understanding things. You can see how I define … Continue reading →

OK, please be honest. What kind of person—Knowing nothing of it in advance,And sitting down to read the BibleFor the first time—Would decide at the conclusionThat the proper response to the storyIs to get up and build a holy building?

I have long thought thatWhat we most want to knowAbout the people we meetIs whether they will hurt us.

A man can be wise about this world—Yet not about the next—And those who are like him Will think him wise enough.

You’d not believe that there could beA church upon a fence.But that’s indeed what I saw once,And ain’t forgot it since! A fella had to climb the fenceTo get up to the door.And once inside, choose left or rightSo’s neither … Continue reading →

A man walks the road of life,Caring as he cares along the wayAnd doing as he does—And enjoying the routineAs he may. And if he walks long enough, he willSurely come to a dilemma of the sortWhere the road will … Continue reading →