The admission of Poetry

by | BLOG, Poetry

I came upon poetry late in life, and am sorry for that fact. It was four years after I arrived in New York City, the spring of 2002 that I first discovered the wonders of a well turned phrase. I was 34. An invitation came to me for a gathering where poet and soon to...

Weary legs and Beauty…

by | ART, BLOG, Ministry, PERSONAL

It had been a long wonderful day; lots of work with the satisfaction that you knew you were participating in something larger than yourself. Nevertheless, the weight of the First Father’s curse prevailed as it does on most days and our legs felt the weariness of...

On our way…

by | BLOG, Uncategorized

Smokey downtown Jacksonville, FloridaBy the time you read this we will be in New York City for our summer project. We spent the last few days traveling up to Maryland where my (Kirk’s) parents live. We traveled through wildfire zones (Jacksonville, Florida...

In my reading…

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I’ve really come to enjoy reading the theology of Herman Bavinck (more on him click here). I came across this passage in my reading as I prepare for teaching college students this summer about the importance of the arts to the mission of God.In no way should the...

More info please…

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I looked at the date of our last blog post and realized I hadn’t done anything in 4 months. That is waaaaaaay too long.Seminary is a bit to blame for that as I had four papers to do for my four classes. that isn’t all that big a deal for a Master’s...