Radically Happy

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 6: My De-Liver-Er

    Redeeming Animism, Part 6: My De-Liver-Er

    The eagle stands apart on a nearby rock, delicately nibbling a newly-harvested liver. The mouse looks on in horror; the spaniel-coyote with amusement.

  • Poem: Faith Work

    The work of Faith Is the risks we take To carry Hope On hearts that break

  • Limerick: The Inverse Of Anger

    The inverse of anger at sin Is where reconciling begins For when we all seek To help out the weak We shift from win-lose to win-win

  • The Holey Side

    [Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.]

  • A Reason to Rejoice

    Update: Through a series of miracles, I am starting my dream job on July 25th as Director of Product at Quilt Data, after less than four weeks unemployed. Thanks for your prayers! Yesterday I was laid off from the startup I’ve worked at for the last six years. I am…

  • Poem: Supple-Mental Peace

    My mind demands a rigid peace That makes all disagreement cease Where every truth can stand alone As I regard them from my throne. The problem with this glorious view Is that it has no room for you For if your truth conflicts with mine Then on your entrails I…

  • Poem: Status Leaker

    For the road to hell 
Is a zero sum 
If I seek your losing 
Then the devil’s won

  • Poem: Harmonizing Gospel

    Sober reflections on the recent Supreme Court ruling : The rulers of nations must be Willing to become Pharisees Convinced of their own righteousness Condemning all those they call “less.” That seems like it’s too high a price For those of us who follow Christ Does that mean we’re destined…

  • Redeeming Animism, Part 5: Eagle Sighs

    Redeeming Animism, Part 5: Eagle Sighs

    Qhuinn: I believe the correct canine response is: “Grr, stay away from me and my friends!” A. Ooh, you can talk. Who’s a cute puppy? Who’s a cute puppy! Q. I say, stop that. I’m not actually a dog. No, please, not the feathers. I’m really the incarnation of… Ooh!…

  • Poem: Care More

    For only then we see 
How heaven draws the line 
Whether I am helping others 
Or just easing suffering mine

  • Poem: Fruitful Vintimacy

    We start by knowing we’re loved 
Then loving Him in return 
As His life flows through our veins 
Our sin and shame, away burn

  • Poem: Out of Favor

    In families small Or social wide To save our face We take a side To break this cycle Of decay We need to find A better way

  • Hate Right

    And all of those foes That I once found so dreary I count now as gifts In fact, make me cheery! So the only hate now Is what I have toward The sin of my flesh That keeps me from my Lord

  • Transcending Love

    If I don’t believe you rejoice in my presence, I will naturally either become desperate for your approval, or find ways to denigrate the worth of your opinion. This is how we sort ourselves into tribes. This is how we feel safe. This is how… we crucify Christ.

  • Pandora Unboxed (The Inverse of Narcissism)

    Pandora Unboxed (The Inverse of Narcissism)

    This is my quest. This is how I cure my own narcissism. By aligning my identity — my shame and sublimation — with its own undoing.

  • For Father’s Day (From Andrew Williams)

    This Father’s Day (and Juneteenth) I am reblogging a post from my friend and hero, Andrew Williams. Dear Dad, I know it’s been since 2009 that you’ve been gone. My hope is to see you again in heaven some day. I am writing a letter that has been … For…

  • Poem: Redemption Value

    Our value to this world Is only what we’ve earned Trapped inside a rat race Measured by Law instead of Grace

  • Poem: Mind Settler

    To set our mind On kingdom things Requires a Settler Who’s a King

  • Poem: Belong vs Beshort vs Betall

    If in Christ We’d be free From its snares We must flee But the next Trap we face Is to judge Without grace

  • Where Grief Begins

    The Loss Is Real And Final And yet… Nothing begins Until something else ends