Author Archives: jackpelham

LurkingFor fear ofDoing anything else,He keeps life at arm’s lengthIn hope that it can be sufficiently enjoyedFrom the silent safety of the shadows. And seeing what he is doing,I imagine him matured and Beyond this tentative beginning.

If you would like to observe a fool in its natural habitat,I can tell you one place you’re almost certain to find one.

The pendulum may continue to swing untilModern man doesn’t know how to do anything anymoreExcept to work a job to pay someone else to do everything for him—Farming out nearly everything out until he has forgotten how to do anything … Continue reading →

He had got that most peculiar habitOf vetting things before believing them—Which had had the most ironic effectOf making his own life so much the betterIn its own right,While being an aggravant toThe careless world around him.

So many who long to be “used by God”Are operating under the false impressionThat this happens mostly on special assignmentsAnd is separate from the mundane obligationTo live a godly life. What they want, it seems,Is to be proud—The prospects of … Continue reading →

You may resist seeing it this way, but I observe thatChurch is for many a sanctuaryFrom the righteous requirements of God—A refuge from accountability—A collective conspiracy to imagine That he is other than who the scriptures say he is, andThat … Continue reading →

One thing you should understand aboutHow humans handle fact and logicIs that there are practical considerationsThat are more important to manyThan are fact and logic.

He boldly declared that it is flat-out wrongTo have any rule that’s not in the Bible.And I asked whether this would includeThe very rule he was stating—as there isNo such rule to be found in the Bible.

It’s not generally considered in good tasteTo speak honestly about stupid people—Though I should note that speaking stupidly About honest people is still in high fashion.

Though I certainly understand how it works,I will never cease to be amazed at the dumb junkA guy can make up on the spotIn order to keep from believingSomething he doesn’t like.