Selected Writings

Christian Messages

Shortly after graduation, my high school friend, Rob Hall, and I formed a music ministry called V. I. P.: Victorious in Praise. Though it centered around the music we wrote together, we wanted it to be more than that. This thought lead me to begin writing messages that would accompany our music when we went into churches. Following are seven of those messages, though they have been slightly altered so as to read better (they were originally spoken). I pray that you receive a blessing from them.

Sweetest Fruit

One Fish, Two Fish, God's Fish, You Fish

Little Bo People

Thirst is Everything Sermon

Have a Drink Sermon

Money Talks Sermon

Valentine's Day Sermon

Though the writing I do now is primarily Christian, I have a background in a variety of styles. On the remainder of this page you will see poems I have seen published, followed by some of the articles that I wrote for the Heidelberg newspaper.

Lyrics that I wrote and collaborated into songs with Rob Hall for V. I. P. may be found on the Music page. The scene that I wrote for church (as well as future skits I am currently working on) can be seen on the Drama page.

Published Poems

Impossible Love

Impossible love.

By whose standards?

Age carries an opposing banner,

As our hearts lie

alone at the other end.

Why must this be?

Love tolerates no division.

Young reflects from my mirrors,

Innocence finds me

prisoner.

Old is shown in your glass,

Appearance hold you

captive.

Two worlds run parallel,

Never meeting.

They feel,
While we cannot.
Our lips touch

their blades of incongruity.

Impossible love!

Why must this be?

Friends win, the world triumphs,

We lose.

Pleasing them, our hearts suffer consequence.

Ignorance, Prejudice—Sadness

Invoke our destruction.

This poem was written while I was in college and appeared in After the Storm, National Library of Poetry, Editor Diana Zeiger

Fallen Leaves

It clings ever so tightly to the bond

that ties to life.
Envious face overturns

from the approaching storms;

hiding.
Offerings of fruit embellish its bosom.
Skies grey

as rainbows of yellow and crimson

radiate.

Dulness finally surmounts.
Torn from habitation, it falls in agony-
Relieved with a mere crush of the foot.

Then left flaming;

withering.

One is sent

to quickly take the vacant place,
Only to repeat.

It clings ever so tightly to the bond

that ties to life.

Benediction

Good News is shouted from Main and 2^nd.

The doves are gliding overhead.

An old man smiles

as he is engulfed,

thereby enslaved.

Others are cursed with their freedom.

Sulfur incense embodies the multitudes,

as this one strolls on golden pathways.

He turns to a dark shadow,

bearing only demise

and falls to the ground.

Hands of the robed lift him up.

These two poems were written in my Creative Writing class in college. They were selected by the professor, Jack Troutner, to be included in the annual collection of writings called the Aurora. He also chose these two for inclusion in his curriculum for classes to follow.

Newspaper Articles

When I was a student at Heidelberg, I wrote for the newspaper, which was called the Kilikilik. It received this name because of the train tracks that ran right next to the campus. Following is just a sampling of some of the articles I wrote: The first is one I wrote with my roommate (and editor of the paper), Kyle Paxson, on religion at Heidelberg; the second is a short article on the history of Faust which ran alongside another article on the drama that was being put on called Faust. The third article is a review of a restaurant that I frequented in downtown Tiffin, called Smitty's.

religion article

faust history article

restaurant review article

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