Posts by Janan Graham

who is safe in a safe space?

Who is safe in a safe space? Surely not me. When the comments are cloaked in white supremacy, Tell me, how do your hurt feelings trump…

ghouls, goblins and racists. oh my!

“So why is it racist because its black??? Why isn’t it racist to dress as an Indian? Egyptians? Samurais? Munks!!?? Its all in fun! So that’s…

down with (patriarchal) love

I’ve never been a fan of the word “preside” being used in the context of marital relationships or relationships in general. The word itself implies dominion…

A Skeptic’s Prayer, by Margaret Munk

Is it true
Thou lovest best
Thy meek, unasking children?

Thou hast made us
So diverse, so various,
Yet in the image
Of a Sire
Who filled a universe
With his creative fire.

What father has supposed
His child would grow to manhood
Only hearing and affirming?
What sire could honor such a son?
How could a mind that,
Like a sponge,
Absorbs but never questions,
Doubts,
Or wonders why
Be offspring and apprentice
To a God?

It may be, Lord,
That thou canst never love me
With the calm relief
A father feels
For his obedient child—
The one who’s never any trouble.

But use me
As a bridge
To those more wayward still
Than I.
I cannot give them all the answers;
But they will not ask
The ones who think they can.

Let me speak
To thy lost sheep
As one who,
Understanding how they went astray,
Still loves the Shepherd.