Disaffection, or: I Wait Impatiently For The LORD
By D.Thomas “If you invoke the Father as one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile…Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He might exalt you in due time.” [1 PETER 1:17; 5:6]. I have been struggling to write.…
“God’s Country”: White American Mythos
By D.Thomas “Jesus answered,’My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say I…
In the Days of Christmas
By D.Thomas I am going to present something different this time; I wanted to put up one more this year, , but the “topics” in mind need more prayer and patience than the remaining hours provide, so: I am sharing some Christmas poems, which are rough drafts of some of the songs and poems which,…
“Pie Jesu” and Passaggio
By D. Thomas “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us,” [JOHN 1: 1-2, 14a.] In singing, the passaggio is the switch from, or the range of notes where…
Fall, and Requiem Season
By D.Thomas “Jesus said, ‘Simon, Simon!Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your…
August: Acedia and Hope and Organic Growing
By D.Thomas “Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing,” [EZEKIEL 47:12]. June may be…
Spiritus Sanctos
By D.Thomas “He… showed them his hands and His feet. They still could not believe , they were so full of joy and wonder… Then He said to them, ‘These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you; everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings…
Disco Inferno
By D.Thomas “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled…
Ekphrasis
By D. Thomas “But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: “He trusts the LORD, let the LORD rescue him.’ “…I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My…
27 Teeth
By D.Thomas “So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free men, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.”[GALATIANS 3:28] I was going to write an “About Page”– and got writer’s block, sort of, but maybe this is–. I keep a journal, my record of…
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