Tag Archives: Writing

The Quality and Expression of Love

Over at Bittersweet Life, my friend Ariel has pointed us all to an article (on the Touchstone magazine blog) that dares to compare modern American pop culture lyrics on love to stuff written by dead people (they probably couldn’t even … Continue reading

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Taking Issue with C. S. Lewis

I’m treading on dangerous ground here, but I think C. S. Lewis has something wrong. In The Weight of Glory we come across this passage, which also appears as an excerpt in the Wikipedia deinition of Sehnsucht. In speaking of … Continue reading

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Simple Thoughts On Paths We Take

nothing new or revolutionary here, just some thoughts I had I came upon two roads but disinclined to follow I made my own and found, that there is no lack of paths that make their way to hell.

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Diary of an iPod

I wrote this a while back for a comment on Slashdot and am posting it here just for kicks. Day 1: I was bought today. My Owner carries me reverently with both hands so as not to drop me. He … Continue reading

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On the birth of my daughter

It’s Labor Day, and my wife is in the throes of delivery. At first glance, this is not a place for a man to be. There is pain, but I can not bear it, there is work to be done, … Continue reading

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A Three Ghost Night has been e-published

Some time last month I got an offer for A Three Ghost Night to appear in the December issue of the ezine Next-Wave. Well, they just published the issue a few days ago, so here’s a direct link to the … Continue reading

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On the stillbirth of my nephew

The broken child upon the bed, The stains from where his mother bled, The crown of tears wreathed round his head, The ache and fear of faith misled; On bended knee with arms outspread With wordless cries my heart has … Continue reading

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