Author Archives: jackpelham

It’s interesting how much energySome will expend in pretendingThat no one could be so evil as to Do today’s evil deeds on purpose.

She has come to church in these twenty-seven years nowFour thousand two hundred and twelve times—Which is twice on Sundays and every Wednesday night—And she is still notably unlike Jesus in several of herAttitudes and habits.

He does good sometimesWhen he finds it convenient.Not all the time, mind you,But only sometimes.

There will not come a dayOn which the Earth finally settles downAnd the mayhem comes to a close—Though many seem to be wishing for itOr even expecting that such a resolutionShould be the fitting end of this tumult.

Few are wholly committed to righteousness.And few wholly refuse it. The majority, however, are more comfortableLiving somewhere in the middle—Where they ignore their transgressionsBy rewriting the religion as neededTo match their preferred habits.

We push back against The very institutions Of which we are members—As watchmen on the tower,Calling out bad developmentsWe see going on within.

This unchristian Christian nation, when it has acted,Has acted almost always unlike the Christ— GenocideSlaveryIncessant and unjust warInvasionEmpire buildingOverthrowing nationsRacismFalse moneyLawlessnessGraftTaxing one to help anotherSubterfuge and concealment

New ideas are often rejected,Not because they have beenWeighed on the meritsAnd found wanting,But because they areSimply unfamiliar.

He’s fascinated with a certain Bible topicAnd fancies himself on an exciting odyssey,With which God is helping him in a time of bothGrand discovery and self-realization—Using him, even, to reveal important truthsTo an ignorant world.

There comes a pointWhen you just have to Take all the folks who get itAnd leave the other ones behind.