I was contemplating why I wanted to cuss.
Poem: This Holiday Season
Maybe the world’s first press-release poem about the Lord’s brand.
Poem: Away in a Manger
It’s funny to me, the restrictions we put on deity.
Poem: Conversion
Based on a true story of leaving Sunday school to go watch a choir practice in the next room.
Poem: The Book of Garfield
Take inspiration where you can find it.
Poem: Flagellation
I think the religious have always had a fraught relationship with suffering, mostly because it’s inevitable but always feels unfair.
Poem: The Fervent Believer
Something about her performance reminded me of the religious shrieker married to the father in The Brothers Karamazov.
Poem: The Conceit
He knows God chose him. I was less sure.
Poem: Too Much Too Soon
Every day above ground is a great day for being with people you love.
Poem: Crime Scene Investigation
Based on a true walk to church.
Poem: Remembrance
I just want to settle the score.
Poem: The Toll
I couldn’t figure out why I was so sad sitting in Sunday School. I can wait in a DMV without wanting to cry, so why the emotion?
Poem: The Miracle of Divine Love
As I sat there listening to person after person testify, the concept of divine love was starting to feel a little squishy. But, who knows, maybe it is squishy?
Poem: The Inadequacy of Omnipotence
A short poem that, I think, makes an important point.
Poem: Sitting on a Bench
A thought occurred to me as I was seeing all the manufactured mysticism: some people have to fake it because they didn’t make it.
Poem: God's Will
I was contemplating the shaking teen who had to do the prayer all over again, and I just couldn’t in my heart believe salvation was in the balance.
Poem: The Devil!
I have met the enemy, and it is myself. This is a good news/bad news situation.
Poem: The Smug Man
I’ve seen him there looking impervious. The question is, am I jealous?
Poem: Boy & Church
Based on a true and repeated conversation that happens whenever I say, “Go put on your church clothes.”
Poem: Bring It in, Lord
I was thinking of a children’s song that starts, “I wonder when he comes again…” and I started wondering.