Remember these are generational problems will require generational solutions. They will require patience and grace on all sides. They will require the willingness to ask uncomfortable questions and also a willingness to look beyond the current manifestation of these generational problems and find the root cause.
Part 1 can be found here: https://unhiddenlight.blog/2020/06/25/looking-at-racism-part-1/ We all come at the subject of racism from different angles, some have been victims of racism and have been directly affected by the consequences of its evil. Some have been distributors of racist abuse, overtly racially prejudice people who are so comfortable in their own hate that... Continue Reading →
Racism is a doctrine so utterly devoid of merit that it is offensive in its very suggestion before we even get to the odious nature of its effects. It is the bastard child of arrogance and ignorance and it has been wielded as a weapon of division by power hungry rapacious sociopaths for far too long.
How are you supposed to compose this jumble of thoughts into a cohesive expression? How am I supposed to compose myself long enough to process? Lord help me I need to understand. How can we ever change if we are so unwilling to change? What the heck is this new editor? I guess it’s been... Continue Reading →
know that this place, like all places, is not a destination, it is merely a beginning.
It is a difficult grief to explain To have dreamed a dream So real and so true Only to be separated from it By failure Disappointing, unexplainable failure The heart aches The soul is heavy To dream and fail comes with a cost Yet so does not dreaming at all Is life without beauty and... Continue Reading →
So often we seek to limit the limitless Contain it in rules, in words, in a book We assigned a gender to the divine God the father, God the man God the person? God the human … hmmm But is that what God really is? Eternal, infinite God The holy, the divine We... Continue Reading →
The Universe, so infinitely vast With seemingly limitless possibilities Encapsulated by the impossibility Of really understanding it at all Particles, atoms, molecules Matter, it all matters The tiniest of details matters Cosmic energy maintaining the great dance of existence And we, the humans, on our little planet, our corner of it all A... Continue Reading →
I was recently listening to an episode of the Liturists podcast (a post on podcasts will be coming soon) & the wife of one of the hosts was a guest on the episode, she was there to discuss her new book. The author; Lisa Gungor, the book; “The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen”. After listening... Continue Reading →
Through the darkness A light invades Uncomfortable, unwelcome A shining light Interrupting Our comfortable slumber The light it appears Is a window Small & difficult to see through Yet, even from a distance You can see something different Something beautiful through the window The closer you get, the More you can... Continue Reading →
There are times that I feel old Tired, stiff, ready to stop Though I’m not quite as old As my bones would have you believe Sure I could be carbon dated An accurate figure assigned As my joints complain Creaking and cracking My playful, mischievous mind Tells you a better truth Regardless of... Continue Reading →
Life is like a river The current always flows The further down stream you get The faster it seems to flow Yet at times On a gentle bend It appears to slow Almost stand still Then when you look back The past seems so distant Children grow, too quickly Bodies age & get creaky Life... Continue Reading →
Is the music dead or simply quiet? Has inspiration left or is it just still? Internal conflict Or lack of interest? Undigested pain Or focus lost? The creative soul Enters dryness But not darkness A new frontier The wasteland wanderer Lost in the empty Is seeking a jungle of inspiration ... Continue Reading →
He is Emanuel; God with us He is with us when we crest the mountain peaks And He is with us when we are in the valleys At the peak His presence seems so obvious In the depths it seems like He cannot be found And yet He is there The future will show you... Continue Reading →
So today is a big deal, I get it, we all get it. However today saddens me, from what I see online & talking to people it saddens almost everyone. Yes voting is important, however how we live our lives is significantly more important. Somehow we as a society have arrived at a place where... Continue Reading →
Love like there is no tomorrow
For there may be no tomorrow
What if, we the people decided to be the change? What if, we the people declared we would be the hope? What if, we the people decided that we are better together, regardless of race, nationality, ancestral origin, political, philosophical and theological differences? What if, we the people decided respect and cooperation were better than... Continue Reading →
Ligaments stretchAs joints ache Strange cracking noises Are greeted with groans Random roaming pains Everything requires more effort More care You must warm up to get out of bed it seems It's strange, as life gets a little easier It becomes more difficult in new ways Ahh the joys of aging
You will find what you focus on Focus on the negative You will find the bad Focus on the positive You will find the good Sometimes you have to step back Be honest with yourself What are you looking for? It takes a conscious decision To focus on the good But it is worth it for... Continue Reading →
Some days life tries to make you quit Just give up Jump in the river And slowly drown in hopelessness I will not quit I will not change or bow down I will hold on to who I am I believe in hope I believe in miracles I believe in love I believe that relationships... Continue Reading →
The storm clouds of chaos Grow ever stronger Ever darker Decency is an outlier Restraint, compassion Distant ideals I used to laugh when they talked about the end of the world Armageddon in our lifetime - yeah right Yet this is no biblical instance You may as well burn it Some that claim to... Continue Reading →
From the darkest of nights Dawns the brightest of days The best is yet to come Fear is real, tangible Yet I will not listen to it I am no longer a slave to such things Hope is my dawn Faith is my armor A new day, is what awaits
Living on the trail Camping by the fire Sipping in the evening Singing old cowboy songs Life was easier Or so they say When all you had to do Was survive But the cold night air Would eat at your bones And the tension and fear When bullets or natives approached Tell a different story... Continue Reading →
After the death of winter Always comes the spring Green shoots rising up Through the frost covered dirt After the rotting & seemingly terminal decay After apparent death Comes new life, new hope To my perennial soul
In this war ravaged planet Most people just want to be peaceful To get on with their lives, go to work, pay their bills Maybe watch a game, drink a beer with a friend, hug their family They didn't ask for this, we don't want this The world is torn, society is stretched to... Continue Reading →
