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Conservation is Good Work
If we think of this task of rebuilding local economies as one large task that must be done in a hurry, then we will again be overwhelmed and will want the government to do it. If, on the other hand, we define the task as beginning the reformation of our private or household economies, then Continue reading
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A Collect for Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you Continue reading
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Blogging Reset (4)
Greetings all! As you know, Amanda and I moved to Dallas a couple of weeks ago. Amanda just finished up orientation for her new job as a progressive care nurse at THR. So far, this summer, I am free to read, write, and do research, though I am trying to find some part time work Continue reading
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Moving Into the Future (from Abilene to Dallas)
Well, this is it. Our living room is crammed full of all of our worldly possessions. We pick up the moving truck today and head to Dallas tomorrow. Ahead of us stretches the rest of our lives, and I’m kind of terrified. * * * I’ve made my peace with Abilene. I’m leaving on good Continue reading
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Night Shift
The warmth of whiskey and vinyl and laughter and good friends follows me home. I turn the lock only to walk into still silence. I see the traces of your presence: a crumpled pillow, an empty dish. . . The wet noses greet me in a frenzy while my heart limps down the hall, and Continue reading
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A Daydream At Dusk
Today, the couch and screen are not enough I long for the road and silent dew My obsessions fade before the failing light As darkness rises from the sun’s corpse The sophists hold forth beneath pale florescence While I step out the window drifting into the dusk Speak to me, cold wind swirling forgotten thoughts Continue reading
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How to Move Into A New Neighborhood That Everyone Thinks is Dangerous (Part 2)
The last post, while certainly true, was a bit vague. There was little context for some of the things I said. The post was primarily a reflective response to the conversation with our realtor. At no point did I intend to label everyone who objected to our move to Oak Cliff as racists or anything Continue reading
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Holy Saturday
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: The furor of yesterday is ended. Those who demanded a drama have been satisfied. And Joseph, broken-hearted and cold, has come. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the Continue reading
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“My Ears Still Ring With The Foreign Cry That Had Been My Own Voice”: A Reflection on Irrational Anxiety and Compulsions
“My ears still ring with the foreign cry that had been my own voice.” –Annie Dillard * * * I am not OCD, but I still have compulsions. I think all of us do to some degree. Sometimes, even though I know that I locked the front door, I have to go back and make Continue reading
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Maundy Thursday
Originally posted on G. C. Jeffers: With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer. His brother-friends. One final time. Meat and drink and bread against the darkness ascendant. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them. And let the common become the divine.… Continue reading
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An Account of My Spiritual Journey
For those interested, I have an update to my journey here. My purpose in writing this is to narrate my spiritual journey over the last six years so that those who care about me can understand some of my thoughts on the ways I have changed over the last six years. Because of my upbringing Continue reading
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How to Move Into a New Neighborhood That Everyone Thinks is Dangerous (Part 1)
We met with the realtor and viewed the house and signed the lease today. And we are filled with longing and hope and dreams for the future. The house is the final piece of the puzzle, the last large decision for awhile. And the rest is all new couches and moving trucks and utilities and Continue reading
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Leaving Abilene
We are tempted to view our lives progressively. And maybe much of the temptation lies in our physical development: If I am taller this year than I was last year, then I have grown. We assume that change equals growth and that growth is good. While our controlling narratives tend to emphasize growth (and progression), Continue reading
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On Being a Good Book
We helped Nonny (Amanda’s grandmother) from one assisted living home to another yesterday. And she told me that I “was such a good book” for helping her move. She has early-stage dementia, and one of her symptoms is what Amanda calls her “word salad.” She mixes up her words. Like, yesterday, the nails with which Continue reading
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The Nicene Creed
(I have chosen to republish, in a slightly revised form, all six parts of my Nicene Creed series as one post. I think seeing it all together helps with continuity. You can find the individual posts here.) I believe in one God Ethical monotheism is a late development. I’ve written, elsewhere, about my doubts. One Continue reading
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Kingdom: The Nicene Creed Part 6
(you can find the first post here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, and the fifth here) And in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. The Church, in grief, is split into various institutional unities, but she is, by the grace of God, one in the Spirit. Her sacraments derive from one Continue reading
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On Being an Old Curmudgeon
To some degree, I’m a walking anachronism. While I’m obviously a member of, and conversant in, this generation’s culture, technology, and worldview–I nevertheless do not fit in in a variety of ways. Most of these ways have to do with technology in one way or another, though, of course, it goes beyond that. At times Continue reading
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Life: The Nicene Creed Part 5
(you can find the first post here, the second post here, the third post here, and the fourth post here) And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, He indwells all of us, you know? The animating breath of creation. We would yet be dust without his intervention, his interruption of nature. Continue reading
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Pilgrim’s Soul (for Amanda)
“But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you” or so Yeats* did write, ink within black space in a poem of love, beauty, and grace beneath crowded stars and the lucent moon. And your pilgrim soul, this sorrowful heart, this Grace amid thorns, this mist on the air, I hold in my soul, I Continue reading
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Reconciliation: The Nicene Creed Part 4
(you can find the first post here, the second post here, and the third post here) and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; Death will not have the final victory. But, don’t you know, there was dirt under his fingernails still? The (re)newed body. The whole Israel. The new Human One. Continue reading
About Me
Gregory C. Jeffers
Anglican Christian | Husband | Father | Teacher | Scholar | Poet
G. C. Jeffers 