a pastor, theologian and a singer...

I been doing a lot of listening and reading. Some of the words I've heard and read are worth sharing.


A preacher in Fort Worth (Karl Travis) quoted questions coming from Ancient Greece. He suggests as we speak to and about others and listen to others speak we might continually ask ourselves these three simple questions.

1. Is it true?

2. Is it good?

3. Is it useful?

(I'll resist my temptation to point out particular people in my past who need to spend a lot of time asking these questions. Instead, I"ll spend time asking myself these questions.)



Next, a theologian.


Craig Dykstra.

He writes: "Is the church a tomb or a path? If the church is a grave to which a greiving people come to pay homage to a dead Christ, then God will burst its bounds and leave it EMPTY!"

I don't think any of us in the church can avoid this question. I for one feel as if I've been serving and leading Gods' people buried in the recesses of a tomb. I can't live in tomb like ministry anymore. I intend to do something about that!



Lastly, a singer.


KD Lang.
The words I can share....the haunting tune I can't....together (words and tune) have been a source of healing in my life lately.

title: flame of the uninspired

i've spent a lifetime carving out my fate

things i like, things i hate

my very nature is to criticize

and cut myself down to size

on the cusp of compromise

to living hell

i slipped and fell

i'm in the corner licking off my wounds

loves come and gone all too soon

looking back upon my life as such

and the remedies, they cost too much

such a frail and fragile place

this egg and shell

upon my face

fueled by desire

wind as to fire

flame of the uninspired