http://slow.writerscafe.org/LutheranSchreff The original writings of author Rev. David J. Schreffler en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776047094 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 "I hear you", said the man who is deafAs his comment fell on deaf ears;"I won't stand for it", said the double amputeeAs he stamped out corruption all year."I see" said the man born blindAs he looked for his hammer and saw;"Hands down" said the armless manAs he reached fo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1643412/ I have come to see the empty shellAbandoned either for Heaven or HellOr some existence beyond our sightAnd beyond our perilous fancies flight.The face is clearly yours my friendI know every crease from end to end;But it lacks that certain animated toneThat uniquely separates life f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1641287/ When.........When you stand upon the shoreWhen you look back upon the battles, won and lostAnd scan the beaches for those you haveSlaughtered with your words, and stabbed withYour steely eyes...When you close those same eyes and see the people you haveLoved, the children you have raised, the work yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1640730/ Cosmic Time http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1524045/ When you are in the momentWhen all things are as they are;Will anything with intentKeep you or drive you afar?How many chances are there,To embrace a twist of rhyme?Our lives are like breaths of airInhaled -- exhaled; lost to time.We must divest our thoughts, whenWe catch the w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1523124/ Thoughts on end times http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1522738/ On the road with Jesus http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1520576/ What does it really mean to tolerate others? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1519035/ A Ditty to Justine Sacco, or "What has become of our society that we become gleeful at public shaming that is nothing more than group-think?" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1518449/ I want to know one life - the life of Jesus http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1516470/ Just to capture a moment in Life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1516467/ What is the meaning of - Everything? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1515663/ A scene from the solarium in a hospital in Maine http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1515059/ A poem about difficult times and turning within -- until remembering that the light of Christ shatters all the darkness of our lives. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1515040/ We must see suffering in our midst - we must see G*d in the eyes of the suffering http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1515038/ This is a poem I wrote in memory of my Uncle John Shreffler who died this year from Late-Onset ALS. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1515031/ I Have Enough, Especially Hope http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1515000/ If we watch, with hope, the dance of the dying; We will learn more about life than in all earthly striving... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LutheranSchreff/1514629/