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There is ever the hope in this worldThat evil can be quietly avoidedAnd will simply go awayWithout our heroism.And we should know by nowIf we can manage to pry openEven one eye half way from its slumberThat it often does … Continue reading →

Northrup Frye says in his 14th of 25 lectures and The Bible and English Literature (emphasis added): But scientists, of course, like anybody else, find that they can’t get along without creation myths; and eventually we have a Big Bang … Continue reading →

Am I built specialAs if commissioned For particular worksNot germane to everyone?

You can fuss all you like About winter I supposeBut do check yourselfWith an honest admissionThat not once in your yearsHas Spring ever failedTo come around again.

Some you will thinkHave left too earlyAnd some too late. But at lengthYou too will leaveAnd go to where you Can talk it all overWith the Dispatcher.

He does not entirely Lose an argumentWho learns from it.

If you wanted to straighten out A boatload of Bible interpretation problems, You could start by seeing to it that never again Would anyone mistake themselves for being In the immediate audience to whom A passage was written, when they … Continue reading →

Many a good this has been resentedBecause it is not that—Many a good thenBecause it is not now—Many a good who it isBecause of who it isn’t. And we have not yet learnedTo bear disappointmentHonestly and justly.

If you’re interested in studying the Bible, you may find that your friends at church are not. And if you learn a lot while studying the Bible, you may find that it’s causing conflict with your friends who are not … Continue reading →

It was their first dateAnd she could see how he caredAbout who she wasBy the fact that he Had a thousand questionsAnd strove to understand her life.