Just Some Thoughts that Have Come to Mind.......
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My faith in Christ has always been an initiating and motivating factor in my work. And while the images I have produced over the years have not been overtly “Christian”.... (with the exception of “The Cross” series) ... my walk with the Lord has, nevertheless, influenced my heart, my hand and my eye in other not so obvious ways.
It is in this regard, ...(for those who may be interested)... that I would like to share some personal thoughts and observations about my faith, about God's Word and about my work.
About the photographs......
In many of the “Just Thinking” pieces below I have included photographs that I have taken. Sometimes the photos were catalysts for the thoughts, and sometimes the thoughts served as catalysts for the photos.....
Many of the images taken at the water's edge may, at first glance, seem to be somewhat confusing. (for example here and here) . Many have told me that they assumed that these images had been “photo-shopped”. But they are not photo-shopped. (I don't know how to photo-shop!)
The images are simply interwoven and intersecting 'realities' ....surface , sub-surface and reflections of things above.
Oh yes! About those poems......
In most of the “Just Thinking” meditations/essays I have included poems that have come to mind. Please understand that I hesitate to call these efforts “poetry”. Several years ago, a friend said to me (with a good-natured wink) :
"Aha! Dr. Seuss does the Gospel!”
I took my friend's comment as a compliment.
So while these word constructions and rhyming schemes may be poetically unsophisticated, I do hope that they are, at least....(ahem).....”accessible”.
Christian Apologetics
- Are the Consequences Clear Yet?
- Why Did Jesus Send ‘Em Packing?
- FILE UNDER: “What Big Eyes You Have, Grandma!”
- It’s a Fiction, But Who’s Counting?
- It’s the Way We Live Our Lies
- Living In the Wake of Woodstock
- Watch the Dark Come Home to Roost
- New Age Rules: Libido’s King
- Join the New Age Congregations
- “Caesar says…’Here Kitty, Kitty!’”
- Faith in Faith Removes All Doubt
- Thank You, So Much, Peter Pan
- Did Some Leave There Deeply Mourning?
- Was There Nothing You Could DO, Son?
- Mark It Down Here East Of Eden
- The Progressive Wind We Sow
- We’ve Dismissed the Under-Liar
- We Sing Hymns and Hers (for Balance)
- Then I Heard the Devil Heckle
- Might Be Time to Read the Prophets
- Sin is Off Our Radar Screen
- Now That Lawlessness is Legal
- Join the Band of Solo-Singers
- Did the Mourning Dawn Upon You?
- In the Mud and Mire of Mayhem
- Does This Tapestry Have Meaning?
- Once More Hawking Our Escape Route
- Once More Hawking Our Escape Route
- Nihilisms Come and Go, Sir
- Reason’s Now Our Idol Diet
- “Just in Time!” ‘s Our Hourly Wage
- Did You Witness That Unveiling?
- There’s a Pile-Up on the Broad Way
- Gnosis We’re Now Looking Down
- There’s No Warmth Around This Campfire
- Fingers Crossed, We’re Speculating
- We Preach Golden Half-Truth Patter
- It's the Grimm Dark Place We Hide In
- Welcome to Our Fatal Flaw
- Twin Killing from the Dark Side
- Now Doubt’s Become Our Common Core
- If There’s No True Truth to Ponder
- Let’s Give Marx Another Look-See
- What On Earth Was Jesus Thinking!?
- Hold Me Up to His Example
- Win, Place or…NO!
- Maybe Dark’s God’s Way of Asking
- ‘Ubermensch-Kids’, Have Your Way!
- Children!.....Bow Before the Clay!
- We Cooked Up NEW Revelation!
- Yes, The Prophets Saw Him Coming
- Bright Lite Gospel Flattery
- Just Is Just What ‘Folks’ Are Saying
- It’s Kevorkian Concocted
- Stir That New, Old Pagan Brew
- Hear the Bridegroom’s First Proposal
- "Further!"...Down the Rabbit-Hole
- “We Do God Now In Our Image…”
- It’s a Havoc We Approve Of
- Man of Pride….Stillborn in Chains
- While They Mock the Thought of Hell
- Preach It, Preacher, Pretty Pleasing
- Like a Brook We Babylon
- Pride’s a Willful Repro-Baiter
- In This Labyrinth of Nonsense
- Preach It Laid-Back, Mellow, Lukewarm…..
- Thank You for Those Pruning Years
- We’ve Not Really Gone Astray
- Dim It, Son!....We Love Our Darkness!
- Babble-Ons of World Renown
- We Were There to Reclaim Eden
- Take the Kumbaya-Way Out!
- Give That Nuthin’ One Big Hug!
- Watch the Lukewarm Undertow
- There’s a Romance From the Start
- Idol Carrots on a Stick
- Where the Hatter Just Gets Madder
- It’s Where Lost Boys Lose Their Mind
- There…Amazing Grace Extended
- Yes, We've Twisted Holy Truth, Sir
- Watch the Sacred Rite of Mayhem
- O, Big Brother, Thou Art Worthy!
- Who Designed Creation’s Braille?
- Hemingway is Here to Stay
- Killing Babies Is a Small Part
- Won't You Wallow Here Beside Us?
- Truth is, …Truth Is Not That Great
- Yes, Baal Worship’s Gone Post-Modern
- Please Make Sure You Close the Eyelids
- These Utopiates of Smug
- Watch the Clowns of Nihilism
- Bistro Chit-Chat…War on Women!
- We’re Just Puppets in the Darkness
- Cecil Proves We’re Tender-hearted!
- When Darkness is Condoned
- Sacrificial Lamb-borghini’s
- We’re Still Mollifying Moloch
- Dr. Dumpty's Mass Delusion
- The Galapagos Sting
- Just a Bad Good in the Market
- Question Marks Our Horn of Plenty
- We're a Vacant Lot at Best
- Pass the Soap and Run the Water
- The AS IF-ites Storm the Gates
- Did He Take You Up To Cana?
- Drawn and Quartered By the Storm
- Same Ol’, Same Ol’ Ashtar Tale
- It’s the “Church of Well, Whatever”!
- Lord, Reveal Our Destitution
- Cruise the Neo-Pagan Waters
- Lord, Put Down This Grim Rebellion
- Listen, Kid, You’re Nothing Special
- Just Ignore the Contradiction
- You May Sense His Soft Proposal
- Down Here Way Beyond the Pale
- Join the Nihilism Chic
- We’re the Terrorists Among Us
- Did You Tremble With the Shepherds?
- At a Place Called Migdal Eder
- Have You Heard the Upper Rumor
- When the Word’s Not Wholly Holy
- 'Bottom Up's' Still Babel's Call
- Every Story’s Only Guesswork
- Truth’s an Ill-Advised Illusion
- I’m a Perfect Romans Seven
- And It’s Why the Father’s Cross
- He’s the Justice Man is Dreading
- Watch ‘The Fall’ Now Fall From Favor
- It’s a Place for Make-Believing
- Nothing Really Should Surprise Us
- Now That Evil’s Been Demoted….
- Blood, Sweat, and Tears Now Fill Our Years
- His Comic Pitch Was Just Too Rich
- Watch the Cart Before the Horse
- She’s a Bombshell…Detonating
- There’s No Line You Ought to Toe
- Yes, Whatever Floats Your Boat
- We’ve Got Wand’ring Donkey Syndrome…
- See the Writing on the Wall
- Watch the Trix For Kids She’s Turning
- Kneading Dough for Mother Ashtar
- You May Tighten Your Own Noose
- It’s a Tarpit for the Children
- Vague Evasion’s Our Commitment
- Can't Quite Put Our Finger On It
- Took a Left at Hedonism
- It’s Where Madness Tips Its Hat
- Ahhh! Shifting Sand….’WhateverLand’!
- Park the Prius.... Buy a Burro
- Climb the Tower!...Share the Vision!
- And We Cheer On Babylon…
- It’s a Fetal Imposition
- Take That ‘Tissue Mass’, For Instance
- We’re Just Blowing Out the Candles….
- Onward Deconstruction Soldiers!
- At the Po-Mo Wrecking Ball
- We’re Just Giving You Fair Warning
- He’s the Reason for the Season
- Here’s Where Wise Men Bow and Worship
- We’ve Begun a Pilate-Program
- We Want God To Be Our Mascot
- Watch as Shame is Shamed to Silence
- Countless Cooing Amen Corners
- ‘Til We’re Up Against the Wall
- Would We Recognize the Blessing
- There’s a Gould-ish Nightmare Brewing
- In the Lukewarm Water Doldrums
- Lure ‘em In With Sweet Concoctions
- We’ll Catch Up With You, Lord, Later
- Help Us Take To Heart the Bad News
- Son, Don’t Ask Too Many Questions
- We Would Rather Keep the Blindfolds
- Here’s the Pointless Point We’re Makings
- Who Needs Roots When We’ve Got “Feel-Good”?
- Watch the Night Time Flee the Morning
- The Demons Sing, "Come Do Your Thing"
- Our Motto Now?...”Sez Who?”
- We Have Faith in What We’re Feeling
- Crystal Gazers To The Rescue!
- You Can Hear the New Age Braying
- We Adore Our Humanism
- We’ll Just Mumble On and On
- Take Your Tablets Back to Sinai
- Thank You, Richard.....
- Roe With Us Into the Quagmire
- Only True Jehovah-Phobics
- Sir, You're Just a Meat Computer...
- I Wish We Could Wash The Blood Off
- Take This Clay, Lord… You’re the Potter
- Don’t Believe Outdated Scripture…
- Yes, We’ve Gutted All the Gospels
- Law’s Not Something That We’re Into
- Diving Into Humpty’s Dumpster
- Cruise Control to Paradise
- Grab Some Popcorn
- You’ve Been Cleared, Pinoke…..Forgiven!
- We’re the Muscle-Heads With Clout
- Such a Sad Song
- Beware the Jabberwock, My Son
- Abortion Unlimited
- Sin’s Been Voted Off The Island
- Bowing Low To Our Libido
- All Those Tiny Lives in Newtown
- Where the Cutting Edge of Justice…
- So, Feel Free, My Friend...
- And So We Hide Behind the Pride
- Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! (We've Got New Good News to Share)
- Join Our Deep Sync Whole Crusade
- Here It Is, My Friend….The Mirror
- Stir That Brew of Naturalism
- Truth's Been Buried....Deconstructed
- Come Behold Him in the Manger
- All Those Backward Bible-Thumpers...
- Dead Stones Instead of Living Bread
- Care Bear God Has Truly Spoken
- Multiverses to the Rescue!
- We’re the Hip-Gyration Nation (Very Caring…Very Cool)
- On High Horses, Man Were Riding
- Have a Seat Here In The Garden
- Evil...A Second Opinion
- Life's a Mystery 'Whodunnit'
- Ditch That Rigid-Ruler Talk, Sir
- We Believe That Man's the Measure...
- God, You're Bein' Way Too Tough Here!
- We Have Faith in Nothing Really!
- Epicurus to the Rescue!
- Three Ring Circus Science
- See Him in the Second Garden
- We've Determined We're Determined!
- Have the Hortons Heard the Who?
- Dr. Singer May Be Singing
- We Don't Need No 'Poor in Spirit'
- But We'll keep this Rock-A-Rollin'
- Double-Helix Hallelujahs
- Ashtar's Lucky Mudders
- We are Robots! We are Puppets!
- Are We Really Next to Nothing?
- That Golden Calf? ... It's Nothing
- Just Believe it Just Because
- As Luck Would Have It
- Singing Hymns To Gravity
Scripture Meditations
- We are Robots! We are Puppets!
- Lambs of Lazurus
- Blot out the Idol Chatter
- Lift Our Gaze To Paradise
- He's a Lover... Not a Train
- Zarethan!.... Lord, Run Us Through!
- May We Touch this Hem of Glory
- Precious Gift for Man's Redeeming
- Only Jesus Knew the Score
- Sentinels of Truth and Beauty
- What in Heaven's Name?
- Why, I Wonder...
- Holy Mountain ... Wound of Grace