I’m never sure why poems come so much more easily in the dead of night. But they do. And I have no choice but to listen and wrestle them onto a page lest they rattle around in my head like buttons in a cookie tin for too long. So here are a few.
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” Edward Bulwer-Lytton You might be wondering how a sword, one of the most recognizable and well-used weapons in human history, could be placed next to the word "healing." Is this another example of an oxymoron attempting clever marketing? The short answer is: healing swords are your best defense against … Continue reading What are healing (s)words?
Soon after the unlawful killing of a Black person, it’s not uncommon for white people to share images of a little white toddler and a little Black toddler holding hands or playing together in a sandbox. The caption is usually along the lines of “We aren’t born racist. We learn it,” or “We were born … Continue reading Understanding that I am Racist
Last night, God kept me awake until 1 am. She wouldn't let me sleep until I had written a draft of a story. It was messy and full of holes, but I got enough of it down on the Notes app of my phone, held inches from my squinted eyes in the dark, that She … Continue reading Stories in the Dark
"Fear is when you put more faith in the enemy than in the Divine"Dave Arns I sit here in the middle (or what I hope is the middle) of this Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis. My social media pages are a constant barrage of articles citing new outbreaks, new mandates for safety protocol, new opportunities to help out … Continue reading When you feel like a fraud
(S)words of Healing 