New Poem: “These Dire Circumstances”

THESE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES   a giraffe falls off the edge of the earth, into abyss, somersaulting head first, his legs running with no effect through the atmosphere. o! how he curses himself for ever leaving his homeland! like many animals near the end, he feels more like sand, a handful of golden sand let into the wind, released, separating further … Read More

New Poem: “From a Room”

FROM A ROOM   i have held photos and heard rumors of the mud hills of montana, the fire falls of yellowstone, and the patient rain of seattle. a decade has passed by now, and i am here, waiting in a room, writing poems about far away places. with time, the room changes from a living room to a coffee … Read More

Three Days

A graphic designed to remind us of the resurrection.

Theology of Art (Piper)

John Piper offers a wonderful theology of art, in which he defines art as that which is done not merely for utilitarian purposes, but to move or affect. Strengths of this definition: “good” art affects us in an emotional and/or spiritual way purely pragmatic communication does not seem artful everyone can be artistic in some fashion art and definitions of … Read More