Author Archives: jackpelham

We have plenty of: Land to grow enough crops and animals to feed everybody on earth. Sunshine to make it grow. Water to make it grow. Air to make it grow. People to do the work that’s required to make … Continue reading →

Our son—This wonder to usWith a mind of his ownThat sees and hears the worldAnd reports back to us his own findingsIn this sweet fellowship into which we have grownIn these nineteen years—

Not many ever fully surrenderTo letting the truth be the truth. No, the masses find such promise In pretending parts of it To be something otherThan what they are.

We want to know about ghosts,But maybe not entirely,Because maybe it’s somehowMore satisfying if we don’tFind out for sure.

There’s a lot that needs doing in this world—and not enough doers doing it. But one thing that’s sorely in need is for someone to keep the encouragers encouraged, because if they stop doing what they do, it all gets … Continue reading →

While this world does have its wickedWith their violence and schemes,And we watch them pour their darknessOn a thousand righteous dreams,

What does God wishYou would learn today? What dream might he haveFor your bettermentThat you could actually achieve? And how might it bless you bothIf you were to achieve it?

It’s the rare soulWho will let someone elseInside his heartTo rearrange the furniture—And rarer still, the oneWho knows where it should go.

I helped him get his shackles off,But as it turned out,He put them back on—Preferring the routines of slaveryTo the uncertainties of self-determination.

I’m convinced that God wants us to improve ourselves. He has set our lives in this beautiful/ugly world, where we may acquire knowledge and skill of many kinds, and where we have daily opportunities to invest ourselves in good and … Continue reading →