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Pastors as Poets
Wednesday May 5, 2010
My friend Bill Jones, poet and pastor, comes to the house once every few months for what we call our “poetry teas.” Bill pastors a church in the countryside a couple hours from my city, but when he’s nearby on business we try to arrange a time to chat over tea about what we’ve been reading, writing, living. Bill always....
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Via Crucis
Tuesday May 4, 2010
Orange traffic cones spaced at ten-foot intervals marked off the way of the pilgrims. Running the entire length of the Via Crucis, the funnels were connected to each other by bright yellow police tape that repeated the word “Caution” every so often. The Friday was warm, windy, sun-drenched—good. Around the world, at that three o’clock hour, the faithful were....
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What Am I Supposed to Do About it Now?
Monday May 3, 2010
Jennifer Knapp played a show in my hometown last week. I have been sitting in front of the computer for about two hours because I’m not sure what I should write about that. I keep assuming that I ought to say something about Knapp, since the story unfolding around her during the past few weeks (her disappearance from Christian music, her sudden return, her coming out as....
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War and Peace
Friday April 30, 2010
“All we are say-ing / Is give peace a chance,” John Lennon and Yoko Ono bleat over the classic rock station on my car stereo. The DJ’s choice is merely incidental, but May will once again be Peace Month in my neighborhood, and a whole calendar of events is prepared—parent-child discussions, fundraising, and loads of other conflict-prevention-oriented family activities....
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Almost Summer
Thursday April 29, 2010
Many of my best feelings in spring are because of summer. Thawed, the spring breeze kisses the skin instead of biting it. In Mississippi, by the time the azaleas have reached their full (albeit transitory) pomp and circumstance, the sun-drenched days feel as unreal as if conjured out of a Technicolor dream sequence. It feels like Brigadoon. I’ve been sending pictures of the mist in my....
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