Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #10
What did the whale have to say about being beached? Continue reading “Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #10”
On Our Preference for the First Born: The Moral
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love Endures forever… …to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt his love endures forever Psalm 136 vs.1 & 10 (NIV) 3. … Continue reading On Our Preference for the First Born: The Moral
The Poet made the Measure Fair (Heroic Couplet, Part 2 of 2)
The Poet made the measure fair; though couplet doth our error bare. Fond as we are of the rhyme, and pleasure in its perfect time, to find our own name writ in there, doth occasion dark despair, and do we add shame to shame when to Author lay the blame. But if the Poet be right Master, … Continue reading The Poet made the Measure Fair (Heroic Couplet, Part 2 of 2)
Not an if, but a when (Heroic Couplet, Part 1 of 2)
Not an if, but a when; trust not in beginnings, but the end. All the world’s lordly hopes shall expire as the smoke. Hope which is but vanity, a distraction from true sanity. Science shall never pose an impediment to this close. Surer than the poet’s rhyme comes completion to the line. And yet diversion do we seek … Continue reading Not an if, but a when (Heroic Couplet, Part 1 of 2)
Sorting the Laundry
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” … Continue reading Sorting the Laundry
Disdain
“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.” … Continue reading Disdain
Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #8
After a last minute pardon from the governor, what was the journalist overhead to say? Continue reading “Mr. Spun’s Truly Terrible Awful Jokes: #8”
