Posted in Culture, Reviews, Theology, Uncategorized on Dec 5th, 2008
Some stories haunt you and Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes is a story about a horrific school shooting in Sterling, New Hampshire. Her story keeps seeping through my mind, unsettling, needling me.
Do you remember Achan who “stole the bacon” in the battle of Jericho? Achan got found out in Joshua 7 after the shocking defeat at Ai. Achan had [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2008
Ray Minnema
God blesses our lives with wonderful people. Julie and I invited Ray Minnema over to spend a few hours with us on Halloween Day. Because of the gorgeous warm, sunny weather, we–Julie, Lois (Julie’s mother), Ray and I–sat on the deck and visited, swapping stories, talking about books (he, too, likes John LeCarre) and about friends.
Ray told [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008
the prayer list
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john w frye
* * * * *
the thin shiny staple pinched the pages together–
the pages of the prayer list
of those diagnosed with inoperable cancer
of those with evaporating marriages
of those wandering alone in the empty land called “me”
of those looking for jobs
and those looking for escape from addictions
of those seeking relief from pain
through medication [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2008
Remember those small cardboard pictures we got as kids that when you slightly tilted them a new picture appeared? Like an elephant would suddenly become a giraffe with just a tiny move of the picture.
The elephant in the room, or more accurately, the parakeet in the room is the Bible. Scot McKnight’s The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
Good News in the Diner Revisited
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John W Frye
Jake leaned over the counter in the diner across the street from the hospital and breathed in the aroma of the hot, black coffee. He was tired from being with his daughter, Mandy, and her husband, Steve, all night. Mandy had complications with her pregnancy, went into premature [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 3rd, 2008
The Solid Unseen
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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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