Bible-centered old-style poetry by M. C. Fox
To God, the LORD, lift praises, o my soul;
With all that is within me, bless the LORD,
Who all your sins forgives, who makes you whole,
Who has on countless times your life restored.
Read moreBless the LORD Who Is Worthy (Psalm 103:1-14)
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O Great I Am, be merciful to me,
According to the covenant you wrought!
Expunge the stain of my iniquity
And wash away that black and wicked blot!
Read moreAccording to Your Covenantal Love (Psalm 51:1-7)
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At Spring, King David breathed the battle breeze
And sent his men to war while idly he
Remained in calm Jerusalem at ease,
Arising but to stroll his balcony.
Read moreHis Heart’s Guard Slept (2 Samuel 11:1-5)
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May guardians of knowledge be your lips:
Attend your father’s wisdom, drink with him
God’s Truth and not with her whose smooth speech drips
Sweet honey, strips herself, and slips down dim,
Read moreThe Guardians of Knowledge and the Fountain of Your Youth (Proverbs 5)
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The writer’s axiom “show don’t tell” I have known for as long as I can recall and for perhaps as long I have wrestled whether consciously or not with the validity of this principle rule of writing. In its simplest and most unimpeachable form, it is the idea that a writer should never have the … Read moreSpider-man: Homecoming and Character Decision Making
Near the start of this year, for the start of the second semester, I had the privilege of teaching my eight grade students a unit on “Crime and Mystery,” which included a couple of Sherlock Holmes stories (“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” and “The Red-headed League”), a couple Miss Marple stories from The Thirteen Problems, … Read moreReflection/Update: The Student-Inspired Story
Hale be ye! I have now been back in the United States for exactly one month and have been meaning to write here a reflection on my time in Ukraine since I never made the time to write any sort of update. For that I sincerely apologize. If the first semester of teaching was difficult … Read moreMission to Kiev: Reflection Blog
Poem
How may a heart who’s wallowed in the mire
Til every pore is caked and clogged with grime
Til mud has smothered every clean desire
And like a swine the heart now lusts for slime –
How may this heart be rid of this disease,
This rank and sickly stench? Is there a cure?
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In honor of my close childhood friend as well as a dear college friend, both of whom recently married, I would like to propose a toast. I admit it has been two weeks or more since they have been married and I apologize for my lack of timeliness, but I hope they and you appreciate … Read moreA Marriage Toast (Rather Belated)
O Lord, I know it’s only an election Not worthy of such woe and trepidation, For see I after further calm reflection It may not sway so strongly the direction Of where my home is heading as a nation Perhaps accepting soon a course correction. Yet even if it’s sailing straight toward rocks To splinter … Read moreElection’s Eve III — Reflective Waters