When melts the sun into glory
and all earth is suffused by its rays
When the clouds dissolve and the trumpet resounds
at the sight of the Ancient of Days
One kiss from His mouth will shatter our shame
One touch will wake up the dead
And we, with our faces alight with His love,
will trample our glories for His glories instead.
When melts the sun
07 Jan 2015 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Hope, new creation, poetry, redemption, resurrection
Feathers and Talons
20 May 2014 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Andrew Peterson, books, essays, fiction, new creation, Peet the Sock Man, Peetness, Rabbit Room, reading, redemption, salvation, sin and redemption, Wingfeather Saga
About a week and a half ago, i submitted an essay to the Rabbit Room. i was grateful to have had the opportunity to write that essay, and wanted to share it with the author of the books that inspired it. If he chose to share it with his community, i would be thrilled, but i had no expectations. Meanwhile, i knew that i was sending the essay to them at the very last minute if i wanted it to be read, much less published, before Kickstarter backers began reading the fourth book. i had gotten the public release date mixed up with the Kickstarter release, and so instead of sending them that essay a month or more before readers had a chance to begin finishing the series, i sent it to them in the middle of pallets and pallets of books arriving at their office. This week Andrew is signing multiple thousands of books, which are being sent to over two thousand readers. There’s no reason to expect them even to check their email during all this, although of course i must assume that they have. Whenever Andrew sees it, i hope he is blessed by my interactions with his story—whether the essay is deemed appropriate for the Rabbit Room or not. And whatever happens, i am grateful.
Today AP posted that their friendly neighborhood mailman was off with the second truckload of Kickstarter shipments, so regardless of the status of that submission, it’s time to release my essay into the wild.
What will we be…
05 May 2014 Leave a comment
What will we be
when all is redeemed,
when all is made beauty
and we are made new?
After a weekend off, i return to editing my Peet essay and gloaning upon the mysteries of redemption. Burn, O my heart.