prophet

prophet purpled in passion and penance

something aches in your craw

you rail, you scale, you slash, you burn

something's beefing up your heat

something shoves you toward us

you'd like to flee but your feet twist you about

positioning you body as a compass toward change

toward rememb'rance, rethink and vital reform

your words enclose us like skin

we claw and scratch and cover our ears

but like hot molten lava your message burns through

and we listen or threaten, declaring you insane

you stand firm in the center of your Trust

your fleshy mouth speaking the thoughts of God

as we scurry about rationalizing the Word

your words sear our hearts with the Fire of Truth 

Historical information is always after the effect and rarely makes a difference.  Sometimes it becomes more brutal as a corrective of the supposed or brutal wrong.

Jesus is the trigger in the trap that brings down those values and principles upon which our systems stand.  He forces us to re-think our relationship to the divine, religion and the state.

*Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.

-Daniel Moynihan

*Democracy cannot be "promoted" on top of a mountain of corpses.

-Asef Bayat

*Reflections of Alan Jones:

   -...do I worship God or do I worship my experience of God?  Do I worship God or do I worship my idea of God?

  -From time to time we fall flat on our faces.

  -We make mistakes, and thank God we do!

  -..."the ego had to break, something absolutely natural and seemingly good, seemingly perhaps the only good, has to be given up.  After that there's darkness and silence and space.  And God is there."

  -We tend to make religion only of our better moments.