Love, perfected Joyfully given Joyfully received Within the Trinity In this I do believe Bursting forth Creation’s font I see In beauty and diversity Manifold, manifest All of Thee I find no strength No solace No purpose No majesty No worth No wonder Until I reach my end And find myself In Thee…

From the 6th hour to the 9th hour Darkness came upon the land As all the sins of all the world Were laid upon the Son of Man See here now the infinite O ye who ask the price E’er present in the Godhead An eternal sacrifice By the Father…

RINO, they may call you I just call you sane Soft on crime they smear you I call you humane They may call you socialist Because you do your part To seek a fairer, more just world I say you have a heart They say the end is coming I say it’s just a start…

The Bane of Ukraine (a lamentable microcosm of human history) Insanity Injustice Inhumanity Inconceivable Intolerable A peaceful people A threat to none Yearning only for freedom Peace and prosperity Now under siege Of missile and mortar fire Rocket attacks Bombs falling Tanks and artillery Rolling Troops marching Rifle and machine gun fire Grenade bursts Explosions, flames Destruction Honorable Abel At the hands of Cain A Slavic brother A sister people For what purpose And to what end…

Rise up O People of Russia Rise up and stand your ground Rise up o дети родины Rise up and look around Rise up народ России Rise up with courage found Rise up o Russian people And bring the madman down какая цена мы платим цена слишком дорога которая у наш бывает чтобы…

I am not of Ukrainian descent, but I feel a close and personal affinity for the people of Ukraine. My wife and I had the privilege of living in Ukraine for an academic year in 1991–1992 during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the beginning of modern Ukrainian independence…

Bring arguments not outrage Sympathy not scorn Facts not fear Discussion not denigration Debate not demonization Civility not stridency Balance not bombast Attention instead of attack Ideas instead of ideology Modesty not mockery Truth not talking points Policy proposals not propaganda Substance not sound bites Humility not hubris Apology not accusation Respect rather than recalcitrance Empathy not enmity Compromise not contention Open minds not obstructions Accessibility not absolutism Concession not…

He broke beneath the weight Of expectations A heavy load That none would care to bear A mother’s guilt A father’s pride A teacher’s hopes A brother’s dreams So weary to the heart So heavy on the soul A terrible, unbearable burden Exacts a heavy toll Now sitting in a puddle Beside the raging road Another life lies fallow Its light But a flickering glow Crushed…

My voice May not be the loudest May not be the purest May have the wrong timbre May not be the most winsome May even be small May be raspy or hoarse May be grating May be strident at times May be accented May stutter or stammer May hesitate May be less mellifluous May be more silent than spoken But it is still My voice…