“When the truth is found to be lies and all the joy within you dies Don’t you want somebody to love? Don’t you need somebody to love? You better find somebody to love.” Jefferson … [Read more...]
Don’t Be Fooled
When insurance companies, doctors, and conservative politicians scream that we cannot afford universal health care, they do not mention that we already pay more for healthcare than we would for a … [Read more...]
Hate Has No Home Here
Mere words can only hint at the grief, anger, and pain rippling through every enlightened synagogue, mosque, church, and temple as we witnessed yet another attack on a house of worship. Actions always … [Read more...]
The Lust That Leads to Greater Hunger
The lust for data leads to more and greater hunger. We have become a “data-driven” culture and economy, in which it is assumed that enough of the right data will lead to desired outcomes. Nowhere … [Read more...]
Authentic Desperation
In early 2010, on a group solidarity trip to El Salvador, we inadvertently and unexpectedly became global witnesses to a crime of international proportion. To make a long story short, we traveled … [Read more...]
Diversify the Gene Pool
My dad used to say that clergy were like manure – okay spread out, but in a pile, we stink. He was an attorney no less! Having just spent four days with fourteen thousand writers and publishers, he … [Read more...]
In Or Around Portland, Oregon
For those attending AWP19 in Portland, Oregon this week, come by Unsolicited Press (T9096) on Saturday at 1:00 PM where I will be doing a book signing. The BookFair will be open on Saturday for $5 to … [Read more...]
Ball Don’t Lie
Ball don’t lie. For the pure of heart this is the season of fall foliage, when all the beauty and joy of past months is distilled into an explosion of brilliant colors just before the end. Whether … [Read more...]
Hope Rises
After thirty-plus years of preaching sermons flow naturally. The rhythm of my week more or less moves between the banks of sermon preparation and sermon delivery. Sunday after church, I pop the … [Read more...]
Opening the Mind with a New Lens
Some teacher, sometime along the way, likely soured you on poetry. It was done by making you read stiff poems, written in an alien parlance with old-fashioned metaphors, and then insisting you explain … [Read more...]
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