Author Archives: jackpelham

Perhaps there were other indicatorsThat they were not listening,But the most obvious always seemed to beThat they simply were not reading his book.

He had hitched his wagon to the church,And the church, to the nation―And off they went, waving their flagsAnd singing their songs,And having no real need of JesusBeyond some name-dropping here and there―Which seemed pious enough to them, even ifIt … Continue reading →

The one Christian thinks his Christianity was fully settled from the get-go, and that all he has to do to please God from here on out is simply to be. The second thinks that what happened from the get-go was … Continue reading →

I could marvel at how our speciesHas learned that some thingsAre in fact so utterly important As to warrant the great labor and expenseOf building a lighthouse to help the captains Find their way without incident―

You have been happening to meFor quite some time now.

The good habits out of whichI so habitually getAre the best evidenceFor the hypothesis that This life is, in fact,A self-guided training program,The point and import of whichIs not at some timesAs clear to me as at others.

It is a divine kindnessIn this beautiful-ugly worldThat there are good things hereTo be enjoyed.

Until Jesus is enough for you, no person or thing will ever be. Steven Furtick This meme may sound awfully right and satisfying to some, but I think it’s messed up. I think this was written from the point of … Continue reading →

Come, let us discover, new friend,Which are the things I might discuss at ease With a fuller person, butDare not mention to you.

We are free to choose the words we use, yet we use the same word to describe God as we use to describe ice cream, do we not?