Category: Art

  • Dream: Techie Mayor CEO

    I feel like a failure 
It feels like my fault 
Because how can He succeed 
If nobody helps Him? 
And aren’t I responsible 
If I’m the only one 
Who knows He can be trusted?

  • The Tunnel of Codependency

    We say we are trying to help them
But really we…
I…
I am mirroring
Their pain and anxiety
And it is easier
To try to fix them
Than deal with those feelings
Within myself

  • Dream: Construction Boundaries

    MIT is being renovated. I am leading a tour group. Like I used to do. We come from the East. The standalone buildings on that side Are most functional. But the large complex in the heart of campus The Infinite Corridor Is completely surrounded in yellow tape. In fact The…

  • Dream: Chocolate Shop Fail

    I am in a cavernous store, the size of COSTCO. It is basically a tourist trap. Actually part of a series. In a resort. In the mountains. This one is a candy store. Each day they take us to a different one. I wasn’t interested so I wandered off.

  • Prayer: The Right of Intercession

    When there is nothing constructive leftTo learn, think through, or repentI must do the work of an intercessorAnd trust God for what happens next

  • Dream: Trap-ped

    It is a hot day.I leave my dog in the car.

  • Dream: Yellow Candy Grace

    My friend and I are hard-luck kids In Sunday School He’s dying of cancer. The teachers try to take an offering Of the bright yellow candy we both like But rarely get

  • Dream: Checking-Out

    The Takeaway The fear of God should “pressure” me To prioritize treating my family With the fruits of the spirit Even over accomplishing What I thought He told me to do.

  • Dream: Love Story

    There is a story within the story One story is a fairy tale. Sort of like Beauty and the Beast.

  • Dream: Lost In Transit

    Dream: Lost In Transit

    We are passengers on a lost flight Or maybe we knew someone who was Or maybe we are just pretending.

  • Poem: Love in the Shadow

    It is easy to love when you walk in the light When everything’s clear, and the future is bright And all can agree on what’s wrong and what’s right

  • Dream: Terror Hoops

    Arena I am in an Arena. At least in the building. I’m backstage, on the edge of the Court. Watching a man go out to be arrested. A former basketball player. He was going to blow the place up. I helped turn him in. I’m hoping he forgives me. That…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: Girls Knight Out (Part 11)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: Girls Knight Out (Part 11)

    Continued from Part 10 Prologue I stand in the Box of Hades Holding the hand of Eve. While the Multitude tears Adam to shreds. Over and over and over again. Time seems to stop. Or perhaps speed up to infinity. We are frozen somewhere between horror and awe. By the…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: Christmas Adam (Part 10)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: Christmas Adam (Part 10)

    Continued from Part 9 Prologue I stare at the Multitude gathered before Eve, here in Hades’ Box at the End of the World. Waiting to tear us limb from limb. And worse. Ernie: Father, forgive me. I didn’t know what I was doing. I am not able to drink this…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: All Hallows’ Eve (Part 9)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: All Hallows’ Eve (Part 9)

    Continued from Part 8 Prologue Father and I have been taken prisoner by female guards. I have no idea what is going on. I wonder if we were betrayed by Hades, when he opened the Box in his Office. Then I see Adam. He no longer looks like a truant…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: Seeking Eve (Part 8)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: Seeking Eve (Part 8)

    Continued from Part 7 Prologue As expected, the Office of Hades is locked. I use the Master Key to open it. Adam and I enter. The snappily dressed figure at the desk grins. He looks surprisingly relaxed. Maybe he did take that vacation after all.

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: Son of Adam (Part 7)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: Son of Adam (Part 7)

    Continued from Part 6 Prologue Where the Hades should I go now? All the people I care about aren’t here yet.Jesus warned me I only had a brief time with the Master Key of St. Peter.How the heck am I supposed to empty out Hell?Which one person could I reach…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: Meeting Jesus (Part 6)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: Meeting Jesus (Part 6)

    I stare at the desk. As I have for days. I know I must open it. But I am terrified of what I might find. Of what I could become. I finally reach a trembling hand towards the first drawer. Suddenly there is a knock on the door! I nearly…

  • Redeeming Aphrodite: Raising Hades (Part 5)

    Redeeming Aphrodite: Raising Hades (Part 5)

    I nod to the security guard as I enter the lobby of the 666-story office building. Surprisingly, the personage I seek has an office on only the 33rd floor. I walk through the metal detector, smiling apologetically as the arrow through my heart sets off the alarm. The guard rolls…

  • The Dear Peter Blues

    Matthew 16:13-28 Inspired by Correcting Jesus Dear Peter, Its okay. I know you’re scared that I’m going away.