Fixing A Hole

They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
~ Job 30

Hold Me Tight

His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
~ Song of Solomon 2

The Four Leafmen of the Dockpocalypse

All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
~ Isaiah 64

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help,
as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
~ Psalm 28

The Other Shoe

“Do not come any closer,”
GOD said.
“Take off your sandals,
for the place where you are standing
is holy ground.”
~ Exodus 3

The 4th Of Who Lie

If you ever forget the LORD your GOD
and follow other gods
and worship and bow down to them,
I testify against you today
that you will surely be destroyed.
~ Deuteronomy 8

America, where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?

Presidential seal recovered from Philly freeway

US Independence Day:
Do Americans really understand their own history?
Studies are constantly showing that Americans
are unaware of what they are actually celebrating.

I'm Afraid Of Americans

...do not let those who hate me without reason
maliciously wink the eye...
~ Psalm 35

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue...

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
~ Ecclesiastes 3

You must leave now, take what you need,
what you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep,
you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out the saints are comin’ through
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
The highway is for gamblers,
better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your reindeer armies, are all going home
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping stones behind,
something calls for you
Forget the dead you’ve left,
they will not follow you
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue

Whipping Post

But go and learn what this means:
‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’
~ Matthew 9

Seven Nation Army

Our GOD, will you not judge them?
For we have no power
to face this vast army that is attacking us.
We do not know what to do,
but our eyes are on you...
~ 2 Chronicles 20

When Clay Hunt returned home to Texas after two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the struggle didn’t end. Tormented by flashbacks and post-traumatic stress, he sought medical help from the Department of Veteran Affairs – but faced a pile of paperwork. While waiting for help, he turned his energy towards helping his fellow veterans, raising money for the wounded and appearing in public service announcements for veterans struggling, like him, with the psychological trauma of war.

Hunt took his own life on March 31, 2011. His disability checks arrived five weeks later.


Spending for Seroquel by the government's military medical systems has increased more than sevenfold since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act.

That by far outpaces the growth in personnel who have gone through the system in that time.

Helter Skelter

Photograph by David Bailey

The LORD will send on you
curses, confusion and rebuke
in everything you put your hand to,
until you are destroyed
and come to sudden ruin
because of the evil you have done
in forsaking him...
~ Deuteronomy 28