On the Eve of Conviction

The silence of the stage reverberated across the grand performance hall.  The stage waited, naked without Shakespeare there to dress it: black flooring, black walls, and black curtains.  Ghosts of laughter, tears, smiles, and gasps hovered like Hamlet’s father across the void.  Red seats sat in anticipation, soldiers standing at attention.  Only fifty of the [...]

What Kind of Animal are You?

I am a falcon.  I soar high above the orange and red Tennessee hills.  I extend my arms and glide.  I hear the quiet of the wind as it whispers over my wings.  The altitude chills my tongue as I unlock my beak to announce my existence to no one.  I enjoy companionship but just [...]

Saturday Citation: G.K. Chesterton

We have all read in scientific books, and indeed, in all romances, the story of the man who has forgotten his name. This man walks about the streets and can see and appreciate everything; only he cannot remember who he is. Well, every man is that man in the story. Every man has forgotten who [...]

Saturday Citation: Drew Holcomb

Some say the soul of a man is in his philosophy, but I say you can find it in his tears. -singer/songwriter Drew Holcomb

Dreams

In some of my best dreams, I am fully, and my horse cuts a new trail through valleys and over mountains, as I speak and watch the silence of anticipation, cut tape to open new dreams whether people clap or not, sip champagne at dinner as my wife blooms like a sunflower, step off the [...]

Nightmare

In some of my worst nightmares, should lives and I with it, like a horse with his nose in the butt of another, following the worn path when pulled, and I say yes to the man in the black suit multiple times a day, flip the pages of GQ, ache in my heart as I [...]

A Poem

Really?

Really? Is this true?

Tim Tebow and Turning Our Chairs

The gospel invites you to the hard reality of story and the glorious reality of redemption in story. – Dan Allender In the last two years, University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has won the NCAA National Championship and the golden crown of college football, the Heisman Trophy. Both of which, as a die-hard Tennessee [...]

One Shining Moment…NCAA Final Four 2007

  I just returned from the Final Four in Atlanta. At times I forgot there was even a game being played. Our tickets happened to be in the NCAA coach’s section. Tom Izzo, Michigan State’s head basketball coach was about 10 rows back. Two rows behind him was Doc Rivers (former NBA player and coach). [...]