“Somewhere, in the darkest part of their hearts, all cooks know how different they are from everybody else and relish their apartness.” Continue reading
3 People Shop for a Cross
It must have been church camp when I first heard the story of the cross store, either through a devotional talk or a skit. The story will always stick with me. I have to share it. And I hope you do too.
Three people walk into a cross store, one at a different time of day. I’ve never seen a crosses-only store, so bear with me. A Christian bookstore with lots of crosses. Continue reading
“Oh, So You’re Telling Me Boys are Toxic?”
“Dispute it like a man.”
“I shall do so,
but I must also feel it as a man.”
-MacBeth, Act 4, Scene 3 Continue reading
Threats, Lies, and Backtracking Don’t Lead to Peace
“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.”
-Jeremiah 6:14
“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.”
-Luke 19:42 Continue reading
Free Choice in the Fruity Fiction of A Clockwork Orange
Is Alex a victim of the modern age? He is certainly despicable in nature, and becomes the focus of society’s pity. And is it because he becomes an issue, the problem of sex and violence on youth?
Oh, but to readers, it is the question of freedom of choice. To Alex’s society, the question is whether we can reform a man permanently. But to us, it’s what we lose if we do. Continue reading
Push-Ups for Jesus Donuts, or Something
I think the first time I heard the story was at high school baccalaureate. It is apparently an illustration relaying to us how Christian sacrifice works. Continue reading
New Poem Published in Hoot Mag
Hoot, a mini review of poetry and prose, has just published my poem, “Black Coffee.”
You can read it (and even hear it) here at the Hoot website.
Featuring art by Jordan Sowers.
Poem by Caleb Coy
New poem up at Oddball Magazine!
“The Integrity of Objects”
The Integrity of Objects
The integrity of objects
As in Golden Gate Bridge
As in a bicycle well being
Whole while ridden upon
So to move as intended
as in complete, moving
or still to withstand as
intended, undiminished,
A bowl on a table, a ball
in the air, all things with
atoms shaking, all things
as only one thing at all.
I inspect, if I am a whole
being out of integrity with
myself, a part diminished,
if the answer I withstand.
Caleb Coy lives in Christiansburg, VA with his wife and two sons. He has a Masters in English from Virginia Tech. His work has appeared in The Common, Streetlight, and Contemporary American Voices.
Jennifer Matthews’ poetry has been published in Nepal by Pen Himalaya and locally by the Wilderness Retreat Writers Organization, Midway Journal, The Somerville Times, Ibbetson Street Press and Boston Girl Guide. Jennifer…
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The Syria Strikes were not “Perfectly Executed.” Here’s What Is.
The U.S. Airstrike in Syria wasn’t “Perfect.” Anyone who says so is a liar, and the light of God is not with him.
War is never perfect. Continue reading
Six Podcasts To Look In To
Podcast much? If you’re a fan of podcasts already, or if you have time to spend listening to music and want to try something else out, here are six podcasts I recommend for you: Continue reading
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