New Eve

a penny whistle wakens spirits' rest,
while wind swings trees
on the morning he came and saw
the people gathered,
to remember His coming
this morning, new in the light of life.
-dean

The Kingdom

government without votes
justice without courts
no democracy, no need
no robes, no chains
we are free to be subjects
to the King, the Master,
the Ruler of wholeness
True Government, True Justice
God.

-dean

Theo

How do I tell you of my faith
share the great news I have heard
I did not see with my eyes
my ears did not hear
but I was there.
There in the words witnessed by many
written by One.
How do I tell you of its truth,
call you to look through your eyes,
hear His voice guide your days,
build His house against the gate,
save your life, forever
and to be there.
-dean

Seaworthy

launched to float in seas
violent and cold, small
struggling in, deepest grey
washing up on decks, steely frost
covering, the life boats soaking
the lines weathered
all that holds safe the cargo
it's too late to challenge your faith
in the course you set.
Now only do you know:
did you have it before you sailed?

-dean

i am

I am what is wrong
cursing the earth, driving evil ahead
my path leaving evil in my wake.
Working to make right as I work, dreaming
Effort succeeding only in my mind,
I am wrong and can not change, but try.
Believing in Him. Trusting, humbly asking,
receiving more than deserved, continuing to fail.
I am Christian.

-dean

Baptisim

immerse, dip,
die,and be
reborn
dry in the sun, see
the change of day
immerse,
listen to the stillness
of death before you surface
to breath the warmth, feel
light on your face
reborn.
-dean

Grace

 

Earthly

power is a chain when worn without trust
taken without knowing what is to be.
This power tears at the fiber,
decays the heart and drives one mad,
erasing them from the world they wish to hold,
never feeling, never knowing, never accepting Power.
-dean

Afraid of salt and light

Fearing discovery,
judging her worth, words,
her actions. Hidding from the world
on a hill standing, shadowing
her faith, covering the cross
weighing heavy on her breast.
-dean

Unnamed Servant of Abraham -Genesis 24

4000 years has not given this man a name
yet his actions shaped the world
his task ordered by his master
his path lead by God
he did good and the plan followed
he retired and remains unknown
unnamed, a servant. - dean

ACCIDENTAL LIFE

The accident could not be stopped
if it could it wouldn’t be an accident
still, it happened
when I did not know
it would. Happy
I was an object to be loved
I had to come to be
The accident was planned
by the hand of God planned
by His knowledge of chaos
driving the plan
by accident. -dean

Paul's Love

Love God, love thy neighbour
how often do we speak of this?
is it not the most important commandment
we are given? Love, crosses all barriers
its charity is welcomed by all
searching, for faith, to move mountains
faced with the un-faceable
feel the knowledge love delivers
We hold dear a martyr’s life, absorbed
in a selfish act when not given in love
Charity passed in a cold hand
is not what we have been asked-told-to do
Everything in hope, faith, obedience
is made pure
in Love. - dean
(Jeff’s first at Providence 06/11/05)

Resurrection

One word, one act
tells the world to rise
and rise indeed they will
judged or passed all will rise
indeed, you can not hide
do not dismiss the 'what you know'
even if your eyes are shaded
it is so. Power from one source,
one act, one word,
linking the beginning to its end
in one - dean (Acts 10:34-48)

Rain

Rain is beautiful on a day
preceded by drought
on the face of the thirsty
on the hands of the unwashed.

Rain rinses the dusting of heat
cascades through streams
by the feet of the tired
by the hearts of the unloved.

Rain is life on a road
dragged out long
at the fainting of the tender
at the heaven of the unknown.- dean

Chapter One

Sweat dripped
upon the surface of the work
leaving tracks for rivers
Fingers press
the clay, takes shape
under hands
in a dream of art, alone
continents are formed:
mountains rise
from deserts, placed
with random care
a tree, a lake
then more,
in time, the work will
own the work and have
only the artist’s tools
to remember if they will
it was art that built the world. -dean

in a dream of art, alone-
From Art is Art-dean