Entries from January 2008 ↓

They said you’re twice as good as our last priest And now I can see what they mean He took thirty minutes to say nothing You were able to do it in fifteen!

The father said, “The stove is hot!” He touched it once… Much wiser tot. As grown-ups we Also must try. The sign said, “Wet;” The paint looked dry. God said, “Don’t eat Fruit from that tree!” But surely, God, You don’t mean me. The Bible says, Not once but twice; Obedience Beats sacrifice.

The man drove up in my driveway, Riding in a sporty red car. “I want to buy your horse,” he said, Talking around a big cigar. “I heard down at the general store, That he can play a violin. I own a traveling circus That I could use his talent in.” “Well, I could sure […]

Once upon an evening bright, while I waited for the night, To rest then from a day of labor that had made my muscles sore. Sitting there and quietly napping, was awakened by a tapping, Or was it more like a rapping, rapping at my big barn door? “A friend or neighbor,” I muttered, “tapping […]