Posts Categorized: Pastor’s Ponderings

Lord have mercy, There are so many needs To pray about, I don’t know where to start. War in Syria Still And children dying helplessly And drugs in America Still And now the elderly are addicted And we are running out Of forests to cut down And mountaintops to level And places to put our… Read more

Almighty God- Speak now, we implore thee. Speak justice into our world, That it may roll down like mighty rivers, And rise up like sprouts of corn. Grant that we might labor In its long straight rows. Grant that we might speak its language. Grant that we might practice its habits. Grant that we might… Read more

Lord, If I had my druthers I’d rather Easter Be over and gone- No extra sermons For me to write For Holy Week, No pressure To make Easter grand For those who come But twice a year, No meals to schedule With friend and kin, Just a sunny day And a breeze that’s warm.  … Read more

Ponder the questions on this test- I wasn’t there, that day. Oops. Ponder the old dead leaves on this unidentified shrub- What will they do next month? I haven’t been there, yet. Ponder the family that moved in a hurry, Leaving mountains of debris on the curb- Where did they go, and why? Are the… Read more

MULTIPLE CHOICE   Why did God send Jesus?   To do the dishes? To pick up after the dog? To scold the litterbugs? To plant tomato seeds in jiffy pots? To remind us to eat our vegetables? To share his sandwich? To shake his head over the morning news? To eat dinner with racists and… Read more

Back to school at 63, I find myself studying For two tests In one afternoon.   And I worry. I fret, Even though I take good notes And pay attention in class. I wonder if I will pay the price For my excused absences this month.   Still, I expect to do well. But I… Read more

When there is nowhere to go, When there is nothing that can be said, When there is nothing that can be done- Elijah went to a cave, Jesus cried out loud, Job sat among the ashes.   Seriously, There are some times When in our pain We have to hide Where God can find us… Read more

What do cats dream, While they sleep?   My wife says they dream About catching the fat Red Robin Or eating her dip While she grades papers. She may be right, As I believe she Has walked in their paws And taken her share of catnaps.   But I wonder- Do they dream of peace,… Read more

Note: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became spokesman for his race as a renowned abolitionist orator, was born perhaps 200 years ago this month. His date of birth is shrouded in the racism of slavery, but he believed he was born in 1818 and later chose the date of February 14 for his birthday…. Read more

I can remember now A long hard winter, One blizzard after another, Highways constant in ice, Snow piled in front of the barn doors, Stock locked in their stalls Until spring wandered home.   Even so it took weeks Weeks and weeks and weeks For the drifts to melt And mud accumulated EVERYWHERE Before the… Read more