From six old crows on wires outside we hid* Our feet avoided sidewalk cracks for fear of trouble reaching those we held most dear We knocked on wood to seek the lady’s bid** But once grown up we left our childish fright to understand how mysteries were hid, how unseen forces rallied to the our … More Sonnet #13 – on superstition in the church
Our latest project for Burning Man 2013 is called, “How Crate Thou Art.” It is a challenge to the idea of self discovery. We ask the questions: 1) what would it be like if your life was in a box? and, 2) do our modern concepts of self discovery bring the kind of fulfillment we … More How Crate Thou Art! – Burning Man 2013
Here are the words to the sonnet: Sonnet #14, a Sonnet with Your Name on it: Shah Afshar We read of heroes, heretics and fools between the lines of truth become confused Conformity confused with “one accord” is stamped with affirmation by the board and God looks down to see the hero’s shame Declared as … More Sonnet #14: a sonnet with your name on it – Shah Afshar
Sonnet #11: poverty, loss, and redemption. How we respond despite the fact that Christ went into debt for us. The people shake their fists and shout at God You owe me! owe me answers for my loss This turning world is tumbled and is tossed Calamity is sanctioned as His rod The people hang their … More Sonnet #11 – the poverty of God
Sonnet #10 – 3rd sonnet on the nature and struggle for freedom (from a theological perspective) I set asea, I satisfied allures O freedom made rough passages seem mine until a latent fire ran its course I burned. Do ne’er be turned by freedom’s signs I sought to tow a tossed and vagrant mind Ashore … More Sonnet #10 – thoughts on the tense search for freedom
Jim Henderson held a great interview with Ira Glass from NPR in 2010, but it is just making ripples now. Ira Glass, an atheist, tells Jim that he thinks Christians get a bad rap in the media. They get called stupid, and are mocked in ways Ira thinks is unfair. Say what?! Jim talks about … More Jim Henderson talks about interviewing Ira Glass
Sonnet #9 – thoughts on liberating freedom Set freedom free to frolic like the Lamb Unless we live our lives here droll and damned Indentured drudges doomed to stumble, scratch through statutes: still life sketches crowded, crammed Set freedom free my friend and loose its latch To let it leap alive until attached and tethered … More Sonnet #9 – thoughts on liberating freedom from law
Saw this wonderful little program called “I Write Like.” I plugged in multiple examples of my current writing including sonnets, theological rambling, and more. I was both excited and disconcerted by the results. I entered some of my most complex stuff, and some sonnets and the result was that I write like: drum roll please… … More Who do I write like? – Wow! – *sigh*
My friend, really smart lady, and theological pioneer Megan DeFranza is headed to the Wild Goose Festival with a number of us from the North Shore of Boston. She is offering a workshop, which is unique, challenging to our simple categories of life, and bold. Megan is presenting this workshop with Lianne Simon. Below is … More Megan DeFranza is Wild Goose bound
This is the first of three (hopefully) sonnets on the subject of freedom. To cover dangerous, selfish freedoms, liberating freedoms, and the tension between discerning the difference. sonnet #8: on false freedom Freedom for freedom’s sake, and when I blinked made my mistake. Mistook my pains for joys and in His book my sin and … More Sonnet #8 – on Freedom Part 1: False Freedom
Phil Wyman 