The Solid Unseen
by
John W Frye
So flimsy.
Three puffs of flimsy air
Shaped by cords of flesh
Propel vibrations my way.
Invisible air concussed,
Silent, vibrates in my ear,
Setting miracles in motion.
Thoughts ride on audible air,
Vibrate inner ear intricacies–
Sounds are heard, interpreted;
Your thoughts received, held;
My life turned, delivered.
Say those thoughts again-
“I love you.”
Solid as Everest rock.
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While here in Ukraine, I have been memed by my friend and colleague, Jeremy Bouma, asking for a list of my all-time top 10 favorite movies.
Here are the rules:
1. list your top 10 favorite movies in no particular order,
2. give a hat tip (HT) to Dan,
3. tag another 3-5 people,
4. recognize the friend who tagged [...]

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Taranka (dried fish)
Yesterday I had another, first-time Ukrainian experiece: I ate taranka–dried, salted whole fish that you break apart and eat the fleshy meat (not the skin, head or bones, of course). “They are much better than potato chips, ” my hosts told me. And let me tell you, they’re way more fishy than potato [...]

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Turning 60 can be fun…I think.
Thanks, blogosphere friends and up-close-and-personal-friends and family for helping turn 60 be as painless as possible.
I gave myself a gift on my birthday—I scheduled my annual physical exam. You thought I was crazy; now you know I am. My doctor told me that if seeing him was the [...]

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Do you want some fun reading?

Mark Dunn’s Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel of Letters fits the bill.

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The fourth and final part of Scot McKnight’s book A Community Called Atonement is the most creative stuff I’ve read under the umbrella of “atonement.” Even Scot himself writes, “I stand here on the threshold of a doorway that few enter: atonement is something done not only by God for us but also something we [...]

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