The apple The manna The barbecue offerings The unleavened bread The wine jugs in Cana The food for the thousands The last supper The post-resurrection fishes. God, I think you’re all about food, About eating together here, About hospitality now, In the delectable real world. But, no. The Learned Preacher says you mean Spiritual Food… Read More
Reflection on a Dead Dog
This morning my friend Tanya posted on Facebook about a violent incident she witnessed in her neighborhood. A man was kicking his dogs with his children crying and screaming nearby. He kicked one into the street where it was run over by a car and “died instantly.” Afterwards he returned laughing to the house. More… Read More
They Also Serve
My title comes from the sonnet “On His Blindness” by John Milton in which he laments that his blindness now keeps him from using what he (rightly?) considered his greatest talent: writing. He wonders why God would give him such a gift and then block its use. In the end he hears God’s answer: “They… Read More
Reality Show
Here is song #7 for November 7. REALITY SHOW by Pam Bowen CHORUS: THIS IS MY REALITY SHOW. I BET IT’S LIKE THE LIFE YOU KNOW MAKING THE BEST OF HIGHS AND LOWS THIS IS MY REALITY SHOW. Verse 1: Our mansion is an old house with a mortgage and a yard. Our limos are… Read More
Land of the Living
This is song number 6 for November 6. My answer to “Temporary Home”. My theology is showing. LAND OF THE LIVING by Pam Bowen CHORUS: LET ME WALK IN LOVE IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING WITH GOD HOLDING MY HAND. LET ME WALK IN LOVE IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING HERE IN OUR… Read More
Plug Into God
Here is song #5 for November 5: I hear this as Christian rock or pop, maybe. PLUG INTO GOD by Pam Bowen Verse 1: When I’m pissed at the world, pissed at myself, Don’t give a damn about anyone else, Couldn’t care less cause I’ll never win. Don’t talk to me about no sin— CHORUS:… Read More
Scattering
Scattering Look at the natural world and you will see plants and animals reproducing by scattering. Trees scatter seeds by the thousands on the wind. Flowers do the same. Fish lay myriad eggs and fertilize them. Even humans send way more sperm cells than necessary to enter that one egg cell that comes ready each… Read More
