by Jason Farley | Oct 18, 2018 | Arts, Jason Farley, Podcast Episode
My Poem The Scars of God’s Hands G.K. Chesteron’s Poem The Hunting of the Dragon If you are looking for more from the Westminster Confession of Funk, check out my blog hosted by Cross Politic. Check out my books at amazon.com/author/jason_farley. And...
by Jason Farley | Oct 18, 2018 | Arts, Blog, Feast, Feast Featured Post, Jason Farley
My soul clung to the dust, now dust clings to my soul. Your life-breath, once blown up the nose of my father, once exhaled in fruit-statutes, once blown across the dry bones until they could get up and dance; breathe life on me. Speak again the six stanzas that climb...
by Jason Farley | Aug 29, 2018 | Jason Farley, Podcast Episode
Working on my new novel I am beginning to see why God gives us difficulties in our life. Get more of the Westminster Confession of Funk at the WCFunk blog, hosted by CrossPolitic. Check out my books at amazon.com/author/jason_farley. And visit Jovial Press for...
by Jason Farley | Aug 10, 2018 | Arts, Blog, Feast, Feast Featured Post, Jason Farley
SONG OF YOUR OWN People take on the shape of the songs and stories that surround them, especially if they don’t have a song of their own. Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys Like the slender-ankled daughters of ocean shaped by the banks that decide their path, we are...
by Jason Farley | May 7, 2018 | Arts, Blog, Feast, Jason Farley
Joel, thanks for joining us at The Westminster Confession of Funk, hosted by CrossPolitic. So you have a new Kickstarter out. Your last one was a big success. What have you learned about yourself as a musician since your last kickstarter, “The Nature of Us”? Great...
by Jason Farley | Apr 17, 2018 | Arts, Blog, Book Reviews, Feast, Jason Farley, Theology
Having recently had The Rev. Joseph Carlson as a Guest on the recent episode of CrossPolitic, I thought it might be nice to get one of his sonnets before you. This is for the 24th Sunday of the Trinity Season in his book of Sonnets for the Church Year. Waiting Four...
by Jason Farley | Mar 8, 2018 | Arts, Feast, Jason Farley, Theology, Uncategorized
Hannah, thank you for joining us at the Westminster Confession of Funk hosted by CrossPolitic. The Clouds Ye So Much Dread was such a delight to read. But it is obvious that a lot of tears and pain was required to fill this particular pen with ink. Do you find it...
by Jason Farley | Mar 5, 2018 | Arts, Blog, Feast, Jason Farley, Theology
Wing Lift Psalm 91:3-4 Death-wrenched, life-drenched, each pinched soul fledged to soar on raptorial sails. A fowler-freed fire-bred goldfinch, carols unhitched, stretching and reaching, on wind-held wings. Held in glide and lift, windhover pinion, piloted upwards,...
by Jason Farley | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog, Culture, Fight, Jason Farley, Politics
In 1652 John Milton went completely blind. His eyes had been waning, the world fading, for some time. The darkening was complete the same year his first wife and only son died at one year old. He was a published poet, but he had spent his energy in English politics...
by Jason Farley | Jan 3, 2018 | Arts, Blog, Culture, Jason Farley, Laugh, Movie Reviews
Team Farley has a number of Family Rules that are beyond discussion. Rule #1: When Billy Idol comes on the radio no one may leave the car until the song is over. You must respect the Idol. It is our most sacred Family Rule. Rule #2: “Hello,” by Adele, requires that...
by Jason Farley | Aug 29, 2017 | Arts, Blog, Culture, Feast, Fight Featured Post, Jason Farley, Laugh, Politics
Editing is an art form. My son Cedric was coming in the front door a few days ago when his sister asked, “Did you eat an ice cream sandwich?” He replied, “Malachi had two.” That was, strictly speaking, true. Malachi had eaten two ice cream sandwiches. The...
by Jason Farley | Jul 12, 2017 | Arts, Blog, Culture, Feast, Jason Farley
The Christian Church is in exile. Not that we are living in tents (though many church buildings may qualify as temporary). Instead, there is a deeper exile. The soul of the American Church is in the plot point of the epic poem in which the protagonist becomes a...
by Jason Farley | Jul 2, 2017 | Arts, Culture, Feast, Fight Featured Post, Jason Farley, Politics
Everyone has to have an overarching story. A mythos that holds what they see and hear together. When I lived in California, I did evangelism on Wednesdays. I hoped to do it other days as well, but Wednesdays I did my sermon prep at the neighborhood park. I introduced...
by Jason Farley | Jun 12, 2017 | Culture, Fight Featured Post, Jason Farley
I make my children practice telling jokes at dinner. If I can help it, none of my progeny will have bad comedic timing. The girl that married me, lo so many zodiacal rotations ago, hoped to be a comedian when she grew up. The same skills, it turns out, apply to...
by Jason Farley | May 24, 2017 | Arts, Culture, Feast, Jason Farley, Movie Reviews, Science, Theology
It is true that nobody makes a new earth without first making a new heaven. – G. K. Chesterton (Ffinch 1986, 278) I have recently been wondering, if I were to travel to Krypton, would the sun give me superpowers? Or would Krypton’s sun, being red and therefore...
by Jason Farley | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Culture, Jason Farley, Theology
A common mistake new poets make is to only write from their own perspective. To be powerful, a poem must be confessional self-revelation. But this poetry will inevitably run into two major problems (besides probably being boring and temporary, because when we are...
by Jason Farley | Apr 27, 2017 | Culture, Fight Featured Post, Jason Farley
Music is always selling more than music. It is selling a tribe. Whether it is Soul, Jazz, Punk, Classical, EDM, or Hip Hop, the music industry is packaging and selling membership in a tribe. The musicians might not think this way, but the record labels do. And, to be...
