Spirit Me!
Elate me! Sedate me!
Just don't talk too much and bore me.
I don't want to hear, I don't want to know.
Busy me, hectic me,
No time for You, I'm eclectic me.
I envy the birds who know their day,
Creatures who know Your way.
A thousand voices call to me.
I try to hear Your voice; I try to find my voice.
I want to hear and want to be heard.
Recreate me! Elevate me!
Just help me to really live.
I do want to hear, I do want to know.
Scott Parrish
Showing posts with label living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living. Show all posts
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Garden of Words
The Garden of Words
Once the word leaves your lips it takes on life.
Our breath creates the seen and the unseen.
Chaos yields to creativity,
creativity yields to chaos.
So, we say the words holy,
and we say the words insane.
A chance to create a garden of delight.
Fear the words that disturb, or distance, or damn.
To garden is hard work,
Calling us to fresh efforts each day.
Calling us to nurture, to grow.
Calling us to careful work lest we grow a garden of weeds.
Calling us to create delight with Water and with Power.
Scott Parrish
Once the word leaves your lips it takes on life.
Our breath creates the seen and the unseen.
Chaos yields to creativity,
creativity yields to chaos.
So, we say the words holy,
and we say the words insane.
A chance to create a garden of delight.
Fear the words that disturb, or distance, or damn.
To garden is hard work,
Calling us to fresh efforts each day.
Calling us to nurture, to grow.
Calling us to careful work lest we grow a garden of weeds.
Calling us to create delight with Water and with Power.
Scott Parrish
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Perfection
Perfection
We now have perfection
Predestined confection
Biotech food to fill our tummy
Cloning ourselves to avoid kids crummy
Too bad we still have war, hunger, & hate
Values even good genes can't erase.
Scott Parrish
We now have perfection
Predestined confection
Biotech food to fill our tummy
Cloning ourselves to avoid kids crummy
Too bad we still have war, hunger, & hate
Values even good genes can't erase.
Scott Parrish
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Way of Faith
The Way of Faith
Uptight
Inside Jitters,
Queasy Flitters.
Nerves on edge, stomach unsettled,
anxious thoughts, uncertain starts.
Where will it lead, how will it end, who will I be?
How will I live if I follow the hard path,
the barely discernible way?
Easier to stay on the main highway,
the well traveled thorough fare.
Breathe a sigh--
Catch your breath--
Take a step!
Scott Parrish
Uptight
Inside Jitters,
Queasy Flitters.
Nerves on edge, stomach unsettled,
anxious thoughts, uncertain starts.
Where will it lead, how will it end, who will I be?
How will I live if I follow the hard path,
the barely discernible way?
Easier to stay on the main highway,
the well traveled thorough fare.
Breathe a sigh--
Catch your breath--
Take a step!
Scott Parrish
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Dandelion Love
Dandelion Love
Can't be removed
Can't be pulled out
Can't be completely destroyed
Won't disappear.
You can remove some but won't get all the root.
You might make a dent in the population
by pulling a few visible offenders out.
But give it some time and the yard is full again.
Allow one plant to seed and a hundred more spring up.
God's love is like the dandelions taking over my yard,
It's just best to give in!
Scott Parrish
Can't be removed
Can't be pulled out
Can't be completely destroyed
Won't disappear.
You can remove some but won't get all the root.
You might make a dent in the population
by pulling a few visible offenders out.
But give it some time and the yard is full again.
Allow one plant to seed and a hundred more spring up.
God's love is like the dandelions taking over my yard,
It's just best to give in!
Scott Parrish
Friday, June 20, 2008
Spirit
Spirit
Spirit, like raindrop, here and then gone.
How do you change?
How are you changed?
Do you outlast the moment?
Spirit, like flower seed, floating by wind.
Where are you going?
Where have you been?
What will you grow when you land?
Scott Parrish
Spirit, like raindrop, here and then gone.
How do you change?
How are you changed?
Do you outlast the moment?
Spirit, like flower seed, floating by wind.
Where are you going?
Where have you been?
What will you grow when you land?
Scott Parrish
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Daughter Noise
My "little girl" is now 12. Everyone laughed when I told them she came home from the hospital as a baby talking and making noise. The chatter hasn't stopped! I wrote this at some point during her elementary school years during a particularly noisy day in Greensboro. It's a tribute to one with power and voice who makes sure you are aware of her presence.
Daughter Noise
Talks too loud, laughs too loud
Sings the sun up in the morning
Sings the moon up at night
Challenges the birds for dominion
Fills the air with thunder
Ear splitting, deafening, window rattling
A force to be reckoned with
The power of one voice.
Scott Parrish
Daughter Noise
Talks too loud, laughs too loud
Sings the sun up in the morning
Sings the moon up at night
Challenges the birds for dominion
Fills the air with thunder
Ear splitting, deafening, window rattling
A force to be reckoned with
The power of one voice.
Scott Parrish
Monday, June 2, 2008
Rediscovering Old Wisdom
It really is amazing how much our predecessors knew that we have forgotten. We suppose we have everything figured out, and that we are much more advanced than the
"old timers" though I'm not always certain that's correct.
Take, for example, the old southern U.S. style of home building which helped folks survive the heat and humidity of the long summers. Tall ceilings, windows in all the rooms which opened both at the top and bottom, and a kitchen removed from the main house were all typical elements of southern construction. People today enjoy the "quaint" old construction, yet the reality is that it's just practical wisdom employed to survive the days.
Another example relates to the ways most people raised a good portion of their own food. No matter where folks lived they'd have a garden, some nut or fruit trees, and at least a few chickens around the yard. I still see this in most of the world though urban areas often show a marked decline in such self sufficiency.
I wonder as the economy continues to tighten, as gas prices leap higher each day, and as food prices reflect all of the above, how people will respond. Will we return to "old ways" where everyone was somewhat self sufficient? Will we remember old skills which help us to survive while spending very little money each day?
While our Depression era parents and grandparents knew how to live in such a world these are all old lessons we must learn again today if the economy continues its slide. This shouldn't bring fear though it is a change from life as we have known it the last few decades. After all, those characters with such strength and personality are the ones who achieved so much. Maybe we too will "grow up" and in doing so create a stronger world.
"old timers" though I'm not always certain that's correct.
Take, for example, the old southern U.S. style of home building which helped folks survive the heat and humidity of the long summers. Tall ceilings, windows in all the rooms which opened both at the top and bottom, and a kitchen removed from the main house were all typical elements of southern construction. People today enjoy the "quaint" old construction, yet the reality is that it's just practical wisdom employed to survive the days.
Another example relates to the ways most people raised a good portion of their own food. No matter where folks lived they'd have a garden, some nut or fruit trees, and at least a few chickens around the yard. I still see this in most of the world though urban areas often show a marked decline in such self sufficiency.
I wonder as the economy continues to tighten, as gas prices leap higher each day, and as food prices reflect all of the above, how people will respond. Will we return to "old ways" where everyone was somewhat self sufficient? Will we remember old skills which help us to survive while spending very little money each day?
While our Depression era parents and grandparents knew how to live in such a world these are all old lessons we must learn again today if the economy continues its slide. This shouldn't bring fear though it is a change from life as we have known it the last few decades. After all, those characters with such strength and personality are the ones who achieved so much. Maybe we too will "grow up" and in doing so create a stronger world.
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