Author Archives: jackpelham

It is a make-believe love,In which he pretendsThat pretending to loveIs the actual essence Of loving itself.

Start it now! He is undoneIn his argumentBut too blind to see it. He has lost touch with this realityEven as he pounds away at others—His affect screamingThat reality mattersAnd that if they know what’s good for them,They had all … Continue reading →

Let us carefully choose From among theseMyriad gems of virtueBut a few tokens—That we might hollow them outTo a mere shell of what they were,So as to more easily carry them aboutWherever we go,As a signal to all that We … Continue reading →

Not all weirdness comes from messed-up church doctrine, but I’m having a hard time thinking of any messed-up church doctrine that doesn’t lead eventually to some sort of weird behavior, however large or small it may be.

There is in many an assumptionThat conversion to ChristIs but a short process,Involving little more Than the adoption Of a new axiom or two,Such as that Jesus is Lord—Or in the case of the particularly eager,Jesus is my personal Lord … Continue reading →

It is a pernicious mistake By which the one Wrongly assumes the blame For the faults of the other.

I’ve been thinking on this,And here’s the way I see it.So please listen while I make my case. Between your thorns and mine, How could we help but be pricked, Except by either removing our thornsOr keeping our distance? Think … Continue reading →

Jesus said so much into the recordThat sits there to this day,Untapped by Earth’s billions,And even by those in the very churchesUpon which his name has been affixed. And let us not fail to noticeThat he does not stamp his … Continue reading →

It is a torturous question,Whether someone’s heartCan become hardenedBeyond the point of no return. And the question itself servesTo reveal hearts even more.For some will ask it in fear.Some will ask it in hope.And some will ask it seekingAn excuse … Continue reading →

It would be so incredibly hardTo keep on ignoring the ever-present lessonsYou have yet to learn—To keep on putting off being sorry for your sins—And apologizing for how you’ve hurt others—And righting the wrongs—And admitting your fault—And seeing the mistake … Continue reading →