The 60-Second Sabbath

despair

  • Admission

    One sad eye,    the other swollen and purple."He hits me," she admitted. Inside he felt the shift:    suspicion to certainty,and then, in another second,    from certainty to chivalry:"Leave him," he blurted.     Weak smile:"Not that easy." Further shift:    chivalry to anger,heat rising, mind cranking;    he knew… Continue reading

  • Two Types of People

    I've come to believethere are two types of people,the divisiveand the unifying. Pay attention to those around you–    what they say,    how they act:do you conclude your interactionswith a greater sense    of common struggle,    of essential… Continue reading

  • Steal This Bible

    Steal this Bible from Days Inn!reads the stickeron the King James Biblefrom the bedside standin the motel where he's stoppedin the middle of Nebraskaon the cold side of I-80. Neon glows through the rain-streaked window,falls on the words of the… Continue reading

  • El Shaddai

    A choice today:ally yourself with hopeor with despair. On the back stoop of your lifewait two buckets–one filled with cat crapscooped from your heart's litter box,and the other filled with milk and creamfresh-squeezed from the aching udders of God. Why… Continue reading

  • Holy Week

    For most of my life, the tender, sorrowful laments of Holy Week, more than the joyous, triumphant hymns of Easter, have attracted me… Continue reading