artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognized as children of God. ~ Matthew 5:9 A peacemaker is the one who reconciles quarrels and overcomes conflicts, first of all within himself or herself… It is almost impossible to believe how most of Christian history was... Read More0

Blessed are the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them ~ Matthew 5:7 “The Fifth Beatitude presents “the principle of likeness,” which is a rather constant theme in Jesus: The coherence between what you have consciously received and what you can pass on. We are... Read More0

Calling one’s own foul is a core principle/value by which I have always lived, even at risk to my own well being, even if I have temporarily wavered in calling my own foul, I have in fact called my fouls. And I believe life is... Read More0

-verbMain Entry: deposeDefinition: oust from…Synonyms: boot out, bounce, break, can, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, discrown, dismiss, displace, downgrade, drum out, eject, freeze out, give heave-ho, impeach, kick out, overthrow, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, send packing, subvert, throw... Read More0

i must defend myself as i never did before i would have preferredto leave it buried deep knowing when i fling the muddecades thickdeserved or undeservedno longer matters because i am self aware(to a degree feasibly so)i know when the mud strikesit will splash back... Read More0

Men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their imperfect existence. –Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospelfear distorts perception–0

The wake of memory Laps to a close behind me Your image and any comfort there Dissipates like the ungraspable foamy froth Of nothingness in this absence My mind has always worked that way So with your six month (now one year plus four) mandatory... Read More0

i leaka small salty gushthat convulses out of me a small gushas my gushing goes it is enoughfor today i hopei am doneleakingfor today i am surei will leakagaintomorrow and thenagain0

nothing she doesmends that which ravelseach string she has tuggedonly rends furtherwhat she would have set right everything was far more fragilethan any of them could have imagined0

does it make me a hypocrite to refer to a scripture at all? probably. hypocrisy is not a new thing for meis it new to you0

I used to say, that if I ever wrote a book, its title would be Nothing Truly Radical Happens After Age Six, Except Grace (Now many books later, at least two of them now have the word grace in the title.) Grace, that experience of... Read More0

Forgiveness is a giftit is not earnedA pardon may be earnedunlike the gift of forgiveness Forgiveness is not pretendingthat a wrong hurtful act(s)did not occur It is grounded in reality Forgiveness does not erase consequencesthough it may alter the course of consequencesboth for the forgiven... Read More0

regardless of fault that i forgivemyself that i forgiveothers that i acceptreceivebelievethe forgivenessi am offered that i keep forgivingover and overfor as long as i am able that i keep acceptingover and overfor as long as i am able forgiveness, giving and receiving,is the only... Read More0

“…I once saw God’s mercy as patient, benevolent tolerance, a form of grudging forgiveness. Now it is apparent to me that Mercy is a divine understanding, a loving allowing, a willing “breaking of the rules” by the One who made the rules, a loving wink... Read More0

i try to follow his rulesi try to follow them and keep his silenceso instead of communicating whenit makes sense; when it would be naturalto resolve things that come up in this horrible process,dispel misunderstandings, get clarification, reduce feari hold it in; i stuff it... Read More0