For Sis

Happy birthday, Elicia
My ever-battle-ready sister
We're the same age now for 2 months
But we know who was born first

Reason, Faith, and Revolution

"Christian faith, as I understand it, is not primarily a matter of signing on for the proposition that there exists a Supreme Being, but the kind of commitment made manifest by a human being at the end of his tether, foundering in darkness, pain, and bewilderment, who nonetheless remains faithful to the promise of a transformative love."

T. Eagleton

My Goals, with a giant dash of hope

Hope and pray that these all get done in the next 730 days. Time to get a move on. 

My heart is immeasurably heavy

My spirit all but crushed

Things need not be so drastic

So perversely distorted

So lacking of adulthood

I cannot unite that which is against

Itself reuniting. 

I cannot walk through land mines 

Or fear people I love

Or their reactions. 

It is shameful how silly this all can be

How truly solveable it really is

And how we all seem to get off

On the creation and perpetuation

Of estrangement. 

Leaning

What a joy to walk in this Pilgrim Way

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

Oh how bright the path grows from day to day

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

Leaning, leaning

Safe and secure from all alarms

I'm leaning, leaning

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms