Author Archives: jackpelham

I suppose it’s at that very bottom-most level of selfWhere the most important things go wrong—Below the levels where the more-tangible things happen,Like language and plans and emotions and analysis—At our very core, where the human will lives,Often in the … Continue reading →

The one who loves the truthWill learn how to get at it. The others, not so much.

When you defend the bad deeds of

Perhaps you are an exceptional individual, having trained your own mind much more than your neighbors train theirs. And perhaps it’s quite obvious that your own priorities have been chosen with more diligence and care than they choose their priorities. … Continue reading →

When you put forth a reasonable argument to someone, you’re pretty much assuming they are going to care about reason, and assign some authority to it, submitting themselves to its authority. Frequently, though, we get responses that don’t fall in … Continue reading →

Perhaps greed, envy, lust, pride, and pretenseAll come from the same bentFor wanting what is not rightfully ours. And who can fathom the depthsOf difference it would makeIf all such things were suddenly Removed from the hearts in this world?

I have come to believe that they have Taken the fullness of Jesus’ virtuesAnd split them roughly down the middleInto separate male and female ideals—Aiming for such as if it were the very desireOf their time-honored religionTo be incomplete.

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.    And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy    and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8. NIV God—who does not normally show himself—Has put man here … Continue reading →

I am very sorry, friend, that it was And idiot, tyrant, scoundrel, or hypocriteWho taught you about God—Twisting your view of the matterAnd leaving a deep disgust for it all—

There are the core faults of self—Which are seen in matters Of honesty and rationality And responsibility and love—And then there is that secondary businessOf frustration with others for such faults—To which even Jesus himself succumbed.