Dreaming of Trains Every day I drive by the mill tracks, And boxcars of paper rolls in stacks. As it shuffles tankers of sludge and...

2 Samuel 1:11-12: David's Reaction: Mourning For Saul “Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that...

Worse For Wear I bought a pair of boots in 92. Simple black leather, steel spur holders sewn on the sides. The best 99 dollars I ever...

Pelican Pelican watches sisters and brothers wash up. It knew waters like blue skies. Lost flocks linger in his sad eyes. Sisters and...

Wildflowers The wildflowers I have known slowly growing in the fertile soil of my raw and untamed mind make me see the colors of love....

The Saw Mill When I was a boy I thought it was a magic place, A sanctuary away from life and routine, Where I could wander like a...

Memories And Photos Someday I will fade Just like a photograph in one of those books you keep: A distorted memory; there but forgotten....

Grandma Knitted Love My grandma made mittens and sewed flannel underwear, soft as new baby kittens. Upon our heads, often bare she placed...

Dark Days And Theft Of A Dusky Symbol I wonder at dark days and theft, when I hear a story from my coastal home of what is taken, and...

Black Wind From the Black Sea came the wind that took my brother. It blew for two days and nights without ceasing. Wakening on the second...

Some Reflections On The Antichrist In a recent sermon, my pastor preached on the antichrist, so with God’s guidance, I have begun to do a...

My Lighthouse In Troubled Times Lord, you are my bright beacon, everlasting light in times of trouble, the solid support when I stumble....

1 Samuel 2:27-33: The Announcement Of God’s Judgment “And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I...

1 Samuel 2:22-26: The Second Offense Of Eli’s Sons “Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they...

1 Samuel 2:18-21: The Purity Of Samuel VS. The Evil Of Eli’s Sons “But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a...

1 Samuel 2:8-10: Hannah’s Confidence In The Lord “He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to...

1 Sa 2:3 (KJV) A Warning To The Arrogant And Proud “Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the...

This Old House I will live in this old house as long as the ghosts let me. The day I moved in they greeted me, However calmly, without...

The ghosts of the River Valley Call to me from the old mill stacks and the dirty streets I once wandered, now peopled by walking corpses...

THE BIRTH OF SAMUEL According to biblical scholars, the First and Second Books of Samuel formed one book in the ancient Hebrew...