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Nic at night
Nic paced the floor. His thoughts outpaced his ability to finish a sentence. Not that he was anxious, but he wondered, “Should I go or...
Jerry Waddell
Nov 10, 20202 min read


Welcome home, son
Welcome Home Philosophy, observed, seems at best an attempt to explain what is, a means to sift out the here and now in a game guided by...
Jerry Waddell
Nov 3, 20202 min read


The Letter
Something I was not searching for, but I found serendipitously from an anonymous note I received, came in a flash of thought. Neither...
Jerry Waddell
Oct 27, 20202 min read


Going Back
Daniel's brother, Ed, because I do not have a picture of Daniel Never should one ask, if not prepared for truth, to go back. Bliss...
Jerry Waddell
Oct 20, 20202 min read


The Visitor
Photo by Randy Parker Along 44 Ephesian Street down to 416, in a place called One, there lives a peculiar folk. Strange it is because One...
Jerry Waddell
Oct 11, 20202 min read


And Some Live....
Marinor, how did it come to this? Mathew, there is no time for regret. We must finish readying your possessions for sale. Remember, you...
Jerry Waddell
Oct 6, 20202 min read


The Partygoers
Hey, nice party, isn’t it? Yes, the veal is excellent. And the band, great band with a middle Eastern vibe. I wonder where he found...
Jerry Waddell
Sep 29, 20202 min read


What's in a word?
Words lift the burden of meaning and with meaning comes thought and understanding and misnomer, but always perspective. Words are but...
Jerry Waddell
Sep 22, 20202 min read


From the maze
“…And the fear of Me is not in you” (Jeremiah 2:19, NKJV). So, I thought. And, in the maze of my mind, something occurred to me,...
Jerry Waddell
Sep 15, 20202 min read


Of God or men
For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means, as we have seen, the power of some men to make other men what they please. ...
Jerry Waddell
Sep 8, 20202 min read


Loose Ends
Sometimes it seems strange that we should only get one heart, that we have no choice but to rely on it so heavily, and for so long—that...
Jerry Waddell
Sep 1, 20202 min read


Ben Sower
Dressed in black shorts and red t-shirt underneath his finest black, pinstriped blazer and sporting a braided black fedora on his head to...
Jerry Waddell
Aug 25, 20202 min read


The Price
In Lincolnshire County, England, tucked neatly against the western side of The Wash in the North Sea in the village of Wrangle, there...
Jerry Waddell
Aug 18, 20202 min read


The Mirror
Jack dies. He finds himself walking down a dirt lane. In the distance, he sees a gate. As he nears, he sees a man tending a garden. He’s...
Jerry Waddell
Aug 11, 20202 min read


The old woman...
The old woman... sensed his somber mood as she awoke to do her morning chores, preparing bread and gathering provisions for her...
Jerry Waddell
Aug 4, 20202 min read


A conversation with Mary oliver's poem, Terns
Don’t think just now of the trudging forward of thought, but of the wing-drive of unquestioning affirmation…. To unwind the reel and...
Jerry Waddell
Jul 28, 20202 min read


There is no end
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus...
Jerry Waddell
Jul 21, 20202 min read


Where the faithful reside
I’ll get right to the point. Are you bewildered right now? Look around, observe, you might ask—where is God? To the least faithful, to...
Jerry Waddell
Jul 14, 20202 min read


The Gift
Hesitant, Jimmy Braxton entered the store. After all, his old coat still had some wear left. He thought, “Why do I need to buy a new one...
Jerry Waddell
Jul 7, 20202 min read


I hope (trust) God happens to you today
Never walk into a Cabela’s wearing jeans and a khaki/tan Columbia brand short-sleeve shirt. Some young man playing checkers, sitting in...
Jerry Waddell
Jun 30, 20202 min read
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