• new poem

    “afternoon musings” Water gushes across the window paneOh what a torrential rain The cool Spring airSo refreshing and fair The fierce wind gusts and blowsFollowing a path only God knows I thought of the rain which fellAfter Christ’s death knell His precious blood washed away down the hillAll in accordance with the Father’s will (c)…

  • New poem

    “Election” Oh sweet joy I’ve come to knowBecause of His unmerited graceEternity with the Lord I will face Christ paid the ransom for my soulI’m free from death and sinOh what a great propitiation We are all blackened by sinBut we need not remain in darknessGod has given us the Lamb glorious You can’t earn…

  • new poem

    “an autumn day” a cold breeze passesleaving goosebumps i exhaleand my breath is visible walking in the parkleaves satisfyingly crunch under foot i take a sipof my pumpkin spice latte it is refreshingi behold the trees the many hued leavescreate a rich tapestry of color i arrive home in time for lunchfrench onion soup i…

  • A Poem Untitled

    photographs are interestingyet also strange capturing a real life,in motion a moment immortalized,frozen in time what stories would we hearif they could speak information lostso much is unsaid we do not perceive allhidden forever but we do see dimlyjust a glimpse (c) Zachary Uram 2015

  • Jarvis and Bach

    Australian author Martin Jarvis starts with an astounding assertion, that Bach’s second wife Anna Magdalena Bach wrote not only the Solo Cello Suites, but other major works attributed to Bach as well.  He expects us to go along with him with basically no real evidence. The much ballyhooed handwriting analysis is a joke, and it…

  • depression redux

    lost in a dark abyssmired in an unceasing melancholymy soul achesa cold darkness engulfs meit chills me to the bonewaves of dread wash over mei cry out in despairmy mind is numbyet at my worst He is still presentChrist’s love reaches meeven in my lowly wretched statehow amazing and wonderfulthank you Lord!i will keep running…

  • rant

    The black leadership in America is abysmal, it has desperately failed the black community. All I see is victimization and race baiting, it’s all politics to them. Blacks keep voting for Democrats and nothing changes. If you elected strong, intelligent, conservative black men like Allen West you would see changes in the black community IMHO.…

  • How shall we worship

    Within the Christian church there are two basic forms of worship: the regulative principle of worship (RPW) and the normative principle of worship (NPW). Basically the regulative principle allows only that which is explicitly mentioned in Scripture. And the normative principle allows anything which isn’t explicitly forbidden by Scripture. In many RPW churches you will…

  • A Christmas poem

    The Christmas Star shows the wayTo the manger in BethlehemFilled with hay The animals gave watchAs our dear Lord was bornOn a crisp Christmas morn Christ came to save us allMan was lost in sinSince the Fall Out of loveChrist came to earthTo win us second birth Repent and submit to Him tooBe born againYour…

  • More on tattoos

    I must admit that I *hate* tattoos. When I see them I feel a strong sense of revulsion. When  a girl has tattoos it seems even worse. I have seen many girls who were beautiful, yet they ruined their beauty by getting awful tattoos. The trend used to be that women would get a small…