Inauguration Poem

The windows of heaven,
looking over the earth,
are almost always closed,
that the saints and beloveds may live
in joy and endless bliss
without regard to our woe.
God has decreed this, for
he is ever tender in his mercies
—the same God is ever tender in hers.
But upon a momentous occasion
of worldwide grace and immanence,
decreed by the same God,
those windows are [...]

Gene, Barack & Springsteen at the Lincoln

Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire. (AP photo)
Friends know that I’ve been very down on the upcoming inauguration, after I worked my keister off to elect Barack Obama. I did not want Jerry Falwell Lite giving the invocation in the person of Rick Warren.
When howls were raised at his selection, Obama blew them [...]