You Be the Judge

Badlands

Posted on 09/27/2015 by Greg Wright

      As I walk on through troubled times
      My spirit gets so down-hearted sometimes
      So where are the strong, and who are the trusted?
      And where is the harmony, sweet harmony?
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Truth to Power

Posted on 09/25/2015 by Greg Wright

(for John Boehner)

I wait at the gate as they talk.
Yentas have nothing on scribes and rabbis
Prating endlessly about petty details.
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exit us

Posted on 08/08/2015 by Greg Wright

Then God’s Chosen People set out
From “The Land of the Free”
And “The Home of the Brave”
And found themselves in the Wilderness of Sin.
They set out on June 26, 2015.

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I Don’t Want to Go to Jerusalem: A Song of Cowardice

Posted on 07/16/2015 by Greg Wright

I don’t want my temples cleansed
I know what that means
I don’t want to rock the boat,
Bite the hand that feeds my bloat

I don’t want to make a scene,
Dare to take a stand–
Say out loud that Christ is King,
Pay the price such ’tention brings

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Bound for Glory

Posted on 07/12/2015 by Greg Wright

Lift up your heads, O ye gates!
Be lifted up, ye ancient doors
For the King of Glory is coming in!

Who is this king, the King of Glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
The Lord, mighty in battle!

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Thoughts on Sexuality, Sin, Intolerance, and Waiting on God

Posted on 07/08/2015 by Greg Wright

I originally posted the following as a Note on Facebook, thinking that a civil conversation in my “virtual living room” might be possible. I was sadly mistaken.

If you elect to comment here, please do so in a constructive manner, without lecturing. These are my thoughts, and they may be wrong. Please consider that yours might be also.

I don’t think my specific opinions about homosexuality are important at all in light of much more foundational issues.

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