Jack Pelham

Does the baby
Not also belong
To the father
And to itself
And to God?

How can we pass through this generation
Without making its mistakes?

The stuff you never thought of
Is stuff you’ll never think of
As long as you’re not thinking.

That’s how it works.

Both sides have their imperfections,
And this is immensely useful in a game
In which your side’s most popularly-cherished value
Lies in always having something about the other to criticize.

For most, the Christian experience is not one that includes the learning of all the documents collected into the Bible in its various versions. Rather, it involves adopting a convenient overview of it all, even without exhaustive study of the whole, or any sizeable portion of it.

If I were told that I had but a month to remain here on Earth
Surely I would reflect on many things in my waning days
As I said my goodbyes to this place and its people.

When I chance upon a good idea
That God had first
And I repeat it to my fellows
And get no reply,
I should keep in mind
That they probably aren’t
Replying to God about it, either.

And that is the greater matter.

Many will find fault
With what you say
And some of that fault
Will be actual.

In my youth
When I thought I was clever
To see truth as a one-liner
I did not well understand
That there are indeed some truths—
And worthy ones at that—
That cannot be well stated
In but a single line.

I walk for exercise in a local cemetery and yesterday I was taking a nap in my car with the windows open. I was awakened by a ruckus in a tree not ten feet outside my window.