Parable of a Father
An ordinary Palestinian father, stripped to his waist,and bleeding, carries in his arms a wounded Israeli soldier,back to the front lines, where the disbeliev...
Author: stephen t berg
If the dawn that plays on the waves of a lake
If the dawn that plays on the waves of a lake,if the sway of a bough in a cedar-scented breeze,if bullfrogs and fireflies and the rosy maple moth,all seem tri...
Remembrance Day — Not Easy
Jesus wept and cried out, “If only, if only you knew the things that make for peace.” – Luke 19 The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descen...
Passing Through — A Poem For Turning 69
Gradually, under the spell of gravity,I’m changing back into a handful of dust,a handful, moreover, I borrowed. I step out of the shower and look into the mir...