Month: December 2023

  • Autumn

    A late autumn dayIt’s very chillyI am nice and warmIn my goose down coatI hear a bird callI look aboveIn a mighty oak treeA lone raven perchesHe yells CAW CAWI look at his eyesDeep blackThey can pierceYour soulI wonderIf this birdIs demon possessedThe Lord rebuke youSatanic ravenI could senseIt wantedTo frighten meBut I did not…

  • Antisemitism and The Church

    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler tapped into a latent and virulent strain of antisemitism in Germany, which can be traced back to the Early Church Fathers, and later especially with Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, vis a vis supersessionism (replacement theology). Supersessionism teaches that the Church has replaced Israel (namely the Jewish people) and all of the…

  • The Continuing Marginalization of the Poor in America

    The rich are getting richer (Less than 1% owns 90% of the wealth!), while the poor are getting poorer. That includes the working poor. During Trump’s presidential administration we saw Congress, and the President, pass trillions of dollars in tax cuts that disproportionately benefited the wealthy. There has not been any similar expenditure for low…

  • 500 Posts!

    With my last post, a poem entitled “Christmas Day”, I have written 500 posts (501 including this post)! Thanks to all my readers! And thanks for your comments, likes, and feedback! Here’s to my next 500 posts! CHEERS!

  • Christmas Day

    As I listen to a yuletide hymnWe are saved because of HimI reflect on Christ’s sacrifice My dear sister Vi and I ride a sleighIt’s a perfect Christmas dayWe have on a warm blanket What depths of loveSent Christ down to earth from aboveWe are loved by God more than we know In a humble…

  • Christmas Eve

    Now is the timeFor jubilationLet Christmas mirthSpread across the nation ‘Tis Christmas EveThe night beforeOur Savior’s birthBe steeped in Christmas lore Over two millennia agoChrist our Savior was bornHe came into the worldOn a cold winter morn God with usOh silent nightChrist gaveThe blind sight He was bornOf the Virgin MaryHis conception was immaculateRing the…

  • A Christmas Anthology of Poems

    Inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas, for this Christmas season, I wrote 12 poems leading up to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I wrote an additional poem on Christmas Eve, and one more on Christmas Day, for a grand total of 14 Christmas/Advent poems! I hope you enjoy them!

  • Joy to the World

    Christ, the immortalCondescended to mortal manSo that we who are mortalsMight become immortalAfter the race is ran Out of love Christ cameMan was lost in sinTotally depravedHe was spiritually deadBut Christ became a propitiation On the crossAt CalvaryJesus diedHe paid the ultimate priceSo that man could be set free Behold the Lamb of GodHe bore…

  • A Christmas Canticle

    Hosanna in the highestWe praise you Lord JesusYou alone are the finest Oh Lord, we worship youWith voice and organLet our devotion be true His birth made Christmas mirthJesus is the sinless God ManHe saves the sons of earth Christ came on a cold nightIn a humble stableAbove the Christmas star shone bright This birth…

  • The Gospel: Defined and Defended

    Background If you ask many people, who espouse Christ and go to church every week, just what is the gospel you will get various responses. Some will say being a “good person” is the gospel. Roman Catholics may say the gospel is that Jesus died for us and is present in a real way in…