Only one son

After Hebrews 1:5-2:4 

He never called

an angel a son;

he never told

an angel to call

him a father.

Instead, he directed

their attention,

their worship,

to the firstborn,

the firstborn who

transforms angels

into winds, who

makes his ministers

into flames of fire.

He created the earth

and the heavens;

when they perish,

he remains.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Spots of Time: Wordsworth, The Prelude, and the Power of Memory – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

Sir Martin Gilbert and the Inklings – Bradley Birzer at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

The Beauty of ‘Gospel Awkward’ – Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition.

A simple word

After Hebrews 1:1-4 

He speaks a single word,

and the universe must

listen. He speaks a single

idea, and the universe

must hear it, accept it,

own it. A single word,

and the universe must

obey, pay heed, take

heed, absorb it. He

created the world;

his word upholds

the creation.

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

From the Knight’s Tale – Geoffrey Chaucer at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin). 

 

Glossolalia – poem by Chris Wheeler at Rabbit Room Poetry.

 

Observations of eternity – poem by Franco Amati at Garbage Notes.

 

Riffing on the Psalms – Jody Lee Collins at Poetry & Made Things.

 

Pause – poem by Seth Lewis.

The image holds

After Colossians 1:15-20 

He is the image,

invisible, image

of the invisible,

firstborn, creator,

creator of all things,

not only the physical

but also the invisible

yet real – thrones,

dominions, rulers,

authority, government,

all of it. He came first,

and all of it holds 

together because 

of him. In him

the fullness dwells.

Through him, all

things are reconciled.

Even death could

not hold him,

cannot hold him.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

As the High One, Yah, in the Gentle Winds of Eden – poem by Graham Perdun at Sabbath Empire.

 

2023 Natural Landscape Photography Awards.

 

Taking It Slow – Glenn McCarty at Story Warren on writing.

 

Order and Beauty: A Little Theology of Christian Writing – Greg Morse at Desiring God.