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Umbrellas are stupid.
My oldest son asked for one item from Santa Claus this Christmas. Just one. He climbed up into Jolly Old Saint Nicks lap, looked him dead in the eye, and without a hint of irony said, “I want an...
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The “S” Word.
I always get a little depressed when it rains. Nothing drastic, just a melancholy feeling that causes me to listen to one or two songs in a minor key several times in a row. I’m pretty sure that’s...
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What We Fear: Flying On a Plane Beside a Big Animal Dressed as a Clown While...
I’m afraid of a few things. The short list would be heights, the ocean, any animal that is bigger than me, flying, clowns, and Michael Bay movies; you know, just your basic run of the mill stuff. We...
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Me Too
A little over two months ago my friend Mike Campbell asked me to put together a video testimony that addressed some of my journey with my mental health diagnosis to be shown to his student ministry. I...
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There’s a Man in the Sky
“There’s a man in the sky,” they say. His beard as long as the ocean deep. He’s paving his roads with American gold while is children convert all his enemies. “There’s a man upstairs,” they say....
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Drip
I try to scrub clean drip by drip, but the stain’s as stubborn as ever. I pray to the faucet, but it just won’t run. They say, ” Pray the right words and maybe you’ll turn him on.” Never been great at...
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Advice From the Well
I fell into a well…again. I’m cold and, wet, and the concrete in my blood is starting to set. I’m not sure how long I’ve been here, but people have begun to gather. “He’s just doing it for attention....
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A River Runs
A river runs through me, crooked and swift. Oft its banks are breached, its waters spill into the plain. Oft it recedes, exposing the bed. Sometimes I swim and sometimes I float. Always it carries me....
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Spirit in My Blood
There is a spirit in my blood that drives me to pay, drives me to play, drives me to drift. Once I tried to drown it. Once I tried to cut it out. Once I tried to put it to sleep. Once I tried singing...
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Facebook Fight With Jesus
“Let’s have a civil conversation, you’ll see that I’m right.” “Woe to you teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices-mint, dill, and cummin. But you have...
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