The Slate A sorry young man seeking advice stopped for answers at a house of christ. No..god doesnt see me anymore frozen in fear …his hand on the door. He turned on his heel and started walking away the pastor stopped him and to him did say ” dont be afraid brother…in faith you can [...]
RIDES NOT TAKEN
(1)If you’d found a way to hold your own against the playground bully, Would you go to school reunions now, and share old classroom tales? If you’d opened up, so counselors could understand you fully, Would the knowledge they’d acquired have taken more wind from your sales? (2)If you’d stood up to your father, when [...]
My Oculist was a Carpenter
I’m now sworn against hypocrisy, which lets me poke and prod All the minor faults of Christians, while I miss the love of God. I defend my rights to swindle you, as long as I can pick One cathedral in a hundred, where the dead have caught the quick. So I shun the men, who [...]
All this and Heaven too
God made the World in just six days, And took one off to rest. He blessed it with some solar rays, To warm the first bird’s nest. God chose to give the world He made To man, made from the grounds; With just one rule: Don’t eat that fruit From one tree out of bounds. [...]
Memories of Summer
My brother J.O. Christianson left home at seventeen, went to Minneapolis. He went to St. Paul Farm school college for forty years and with the superintendent for thirty years. Was Knighted by the King of Sweden for starting the foreign student exchange. John had been out here at HOME, in Dakota, and head seen the [...]
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