Sheepfeeder & Servant Leader
Each year, On this very day, You turn the page, And engage With your memories Of the year gone by Inked with your transgressions And your accomplishments. Your next step is into The unwritten year to come. A clean page Waiting to be written upon With the blood of your soul, And Pencil points of […]
Image by Greg Altmann CELEBRATE THE GIFT Celebrate! Not a flyweight of a date, But a free state Of liberation, The annotation of another year Marked by your creation date! May the lessons of years past Bring wisdom to years yet to come. May the friends that embrace you The love ones that grace you […]
I am, I am a spotted lamb Created by the Great I Am Unworthy for the altar Blemished and unseemly. A slave to my humanity Given to vanity And self-righteousness. Soiled and stained By my intentional sin I bathe with soap and bathtub gin. Wire brush in hand, My feeble bid at purity Lost in […]
God sends me muses. Hidden faces From secret places That make my heart race In an attempt to capture Elusive thoughts Of non-conformity, Making deformity The norm. No angels here. Just raw, gritty, sometimes witty Whimsical outspoken Purveyors of naked truth. Windows into a world That seeks only to shut them out. Everyday souls Spouting […]
Beep, beep, beep, beep, Ptshshshshshshshshshsh. Beep, beep, beep, beep, Ptshshshshshshshshshsh. The hushed whisper of oxygen Driven into my lungs, Syncs the dance Between machine and body. Frazzled, harried hardware, Click, whiz, whir, ping – Broken body, Endless pain, Making me tired. So very, very tired. Scorching, blazing Chest on fire, my soul desire To breathe […]
I place no faith in days to come Those days that can’t be seen I place no faith in wealth or pride For those can cease to be I place no faith in the plans of men For man is dust to dust. I place no faith in the strength of steel For even metal […]
More often that I care to admit I find myself Dashing into shadows To conceal myself Amongst the debris Of the pain I have caused. It is not because I enjoy Shifting and rearranging The excrement of my life But more to hide my shameful face From my Master. Like Adam in the Garden And […]
Nothing does more To encourage hope In a despondent soul Than the fresh scent of rain. As the dirt, grime and impurities Of industry and corporate waste Are leached from the air And dragged to the earth By droplets and mist In an effort to erase The transgressions of humankind Propagated on the very garden […]
“Where’s the evidence?” I yelled to the wind. “Though you roar I can’t see you, Though you chill my skin I can’t taste you. I hear your whisper And I can’t find you.” “Can you see the breeze Or swaying of trees?” The wind replied. “Can you see the clouds Move and undulate Across the […]
SINGING AT THE TABLE When God parted the sea And allowed His children to pass Moses and Miriam led the people in song A hymn of victory Over the Egyptians And the salvation of God’s people Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. (Psalms 47:6) In praise And in […]
The alarm disturbs Our treasured sleep And we hit snooze Until it’s too late To participate. How frustrating it must be For Him to witness Our apathy. He worked for Three hard, long years To teach us how to live. He fed the hungry, Encouraged the meek, Healed the sick, Lifted the broken, Ate with […]
Walking on a well-worn path With confidence I stride O’er the top of a pleasant hill The sky stretched far and wide Into a sun-drenched valley Filled with goldenrod and birches Where finches fly and sparrows cry And I find the path diverges To the East the path is clean and clear Overgrown, a path […]
SIXTY-SIX TIMES Sixty-six times around the sunNavigating orbitsSun, moon, starsThe clockwork universeTicking off the years,A blink in the eye of God.Blessed beyond measureBy the lives that have intersectedCrossed my orbitAnd shed light on my confusion.God’s grace empowering meTo become that tool that He needsTo be His hands and feetIn a world so in need ofLight, Love […]
I have driftedAmidst languid groansOf wooden shipsWith rhythmic tones,Creaking timberedBeams and bonesWhispered notesAnd anecdotesCadence set by ocean swellsAnd harmonies of distant bells. The melody ofWood on woodShould never beMisunderstoodThe moaningClothed in solitudeBurnished coalsOf ships and soulsMy table strewn with wine and bread,The wind my song, the stars my bed. There’s comfort foundWhen pulled awayFrom restive thoughts,And restless […]