I got back into prison this week. It had been six months since my last visit. The new warden required an overhaul of all volunteer gate clearance procedure. Bureaucratic nightmare is the appropriate shorthand for
Read moreAuthor: Will Schmit
Will Schmit is a volunteer outreach prison minister for Lifehouse Church in McKinleyville Ca. He is the author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry and Jesus Inside A Prison Minister's Memoir and Training Manual both available at Amazon Books and www.schmitbooks.com. The website also includes poetry, ministry updates, and music downloads from Bring To Glory a CD of spoken word with coffee house jazz.
Nun of the Above
Unbuckle the ancestors bring the garden indoors. Let them see what we’ve done with the place. The windows are stained, pews padded, statues reformed, doors bulletproofed. The baptismal font sucks plastic from the ocean and
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The moon hangs white, like a frosted ornament, out my window. The ocean, in ear shot, rumbles like the tummy of the world digesting our history. The human, the animal, the natural and the spiritual
Read moreCliff Hanger
A mountainside pond reflects the stars a world above the crashing surf. A bird’s eye view spans the distance. The nest, a found home in the wind. The song of the fox, the howl of
Read moreWhookin’ Pur Nub
Half of the eleven men in our small group have family members in jail. It was the first night we talked about it. The initial surprise of ordinary looking people having drug offence related contentions
Read moreGod Footing
God Footing Dancing feet write with bones each pound in the ground is a letter of intent. The jump pumps the heart drumming the earth’s ear to attention. Wings sing above arms in flight the
Read moreWhat New ?
I think solve is the best part of resolve, it implies solution. Resolution is a design, a plan to beat the recurring obstacle. We settle too cheaply for improvement when transformation, when victory is all
Read moreChoir Practice
A constant constellation,the Worthy Starwatches the lonely. The night, silent again, throbs in stellar concert.Midnight, clear. Shepherds await returning angels, tell us where to stand. The wind moves as one dark song, searching for singers.
Read moreYule Fuel
I’m a delivery man. I bring stuff to your doorstep. If there’s no visible house number it casts me into the role of wise man, searching for signs and wonders. I found the dahlia lady’s
Read morePlace Setting
Compassion is the best form of confidence
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