Tag Archives: spirituality

Morning Poem, August 23, 2018

Posted on August 23, 2018 by labeak52

The slow sweat of Summer is gone The air is light with breeze The blue is certain in the sky The grass and trees still green . Somewhere upriver now, I know Some boy, strong as a mule Takes his … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Poem, August 16, 2018

Posted on August 16, 2018 by labeak52

Only a glimpse, between house and garage Of the swingset that stands on the Jones’s back lawn I drove by slowly on this bright afternoon And saw the empty swing rocking high As if someone had just leapt from it … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Poem, August 1, 2018

Posted on August 1, 2018 by labeak52

  As this rain ebbs grey birds appear again As from nowhere, they roost in high branches And flick their tails and shake their heads, quicker than sparks . The long, compound leaves of the walnuts Bow under the dripping … Continue reading →

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Cain and Abel

Posted on March 11, 2018 by labeak52

So many of the stories in the Book of Genesis leave me wondering. What is wrong, for example, with humanity gaining the knowledge of good and evil?  Isn’t that the very thing that separates us from all of the rest … Continue reading →

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Little White Lies?

Posted on February 19, 2018 by labeak52

    In yesterday’s class it became obvious that most if not all of us subscribe to the idea that a little white lie never hurt anybody.  Hiding the truth or inflating things a little bit can keep others from … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 12 Rules for Life

Posted on February 14, 2018 by labeak52

  I have just finished reading Jordan Peterson’s new book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, and I feel like I have been in a fight. But it’s a good fight.  The very kind of fight we long … Continue reading →

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Jordan Peterson, Eugene Peterson and The Apostle Paul

Posted on February 8, 2018 by labeak52

What kind of book is Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life?   Is it self-help, or is it a book about faith?  Does it prescribe self-reliance or does it point to Christ as the means of salvation – as the … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, December 13, 2017

Posted on December 13, 2017 by labeak52

Psalm 57: 8 Awake up, my glory; awake psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.   Think of David as he lies on the mountain He looks at the night sky Unending, unfathomable, unreachable The diamond stars The firmament … Continue reading →

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morning poem, December 12, 2017

Posted on December 12, 2017 by labeak52

James 1: 6-8   . . . he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, December 7, 2017

Posted on December 7, 2017 by labeak52

          In winter I can see Orion through my window There in the southwest sky before dawn He stands above Mrs. Finn’s great oak His hounds knee deep in the naked, reaching fingers of the tree … Continue reading →

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