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Jonathan wrote numerous PoHymns–the blending of poetry and hymns.
Here is a PoHymn he recorded, entitled “For Awhile”
PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … June 14th, 2017
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Simply Phrased
I have no wonder
About the human blunder
It’s common, don’t you see
Like rain and thunder
Or a rumble down under
Always appears naturally
So beware of those
In pious clothes
Strutting in a snit
Stick up their nose
At the common Joes
Downright full of shit
Whereas average people
Without a steeple
Who replenish the Earth
Without a word
They are heavenly preferred
Industrious since birth
So worry if you must
Yet I will trust
That all is truly well
For if me and I
Is not enough for the Sky
Then simply phrased: “What the hell?”
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Ask Jonathots … December 22nd, 2016
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Do you think there’s a need for saying “Happy Holidays” as opposed to “Merry Christmas?”
Mary and Russell were my parents, and when they birthed me they named me Jonathan Richard Cring.
I had an uncle who immediately dubbed me “Johnny.”
One of my older brothers called me “Rock.”
Aunt Mary thought I was better suited to “Little Jon.”
I had one friend, Mack, who always enjoyed referring to me as “J.”
Many, many friends rejoiced over proclaiming me “Big Jon.”
One business associate in Nashville, Tennessee, recognized me as “J. R.”
And of course, countless folks have shortened my Jonathan to just Jon.
At no time during all these transitions did I lose my identity, nor fail to respond to a beckoning.
Likewise, Christmas does not lose any of its impetus by being referred to as “Happy Holidays”–especially when you consider that the word “holiday” is an Old English version of “Holy Day.”
Jesus is not diminished by “Season’s Greetings,” since he is the “reason for the season.”
And even the tiny handful who might call the occasion “Winter Solstice” are still surrounded by innumerable manger scenes dusted by snow.
Yes–the critics are outnumbered.
Sixteen million Jews worldwide may celebrate Hanukkah and twenty million African-Americans may honor Kwanza, but two-and-a-half billion people over the Earth worship the Baby of Bethlehem.
It’s not even close.
And when we become defensive over the terminology of Christmas, we miss the whole point of the message of “Peace on Earth, good will toward men.”
We fail to recognize that Jesus, himself, said “those who are not against us are for us.”
So a Jewish family which lights a candle, and a family in the inner city of Chicago which dresses in African garb and jubilantly trumpets the celebration are certainly not against the Christ child.
Jesus was not defensive.
Jesus did not insist on silencing those who had different opinions, but rather, welcomed questioning.
So I will tell you, it doesn’t matter what people say to me–what I hear is “Merry Christmas.”
And may I point out–it is impossible to hide, disguise, obliterate or even marginalize the effects of that one solitary life which changed the dynamics of the planet–whose birth even set time in motion.
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G-Poppers… December 5, 2014
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Discovering that he was heading for Florida to spend Christmas with family, one of his sons asked G-Pop if he was going to miss the snow.
G-Pop: Snow is most beautiful when viewed from the window of a 72-degree, well-insulated house.
Having the full attention of G-Pop, the son continued by asking him what he felt about Santa Claus after all these years.
G-Pop: Santa Claus is the only fat man never laughed at by children. The message? The obese should always arrive with a bag of toys.
“How about winter, G-Pop?”
G-Pop: For old people, it’s the threat of a broken hip. For the middle-aged, the possibility of a heart attack while shoveling snow, for younger adults, it’s sliding off the road in your car because you have bald tires, ending up in a ditch and discovering that your AAA has lapsed. The only payoff is for kids … snow days.
Finally, the son inquired of G-Pop about his feelings concerning Christmas.
G-Pop: Christmas is our next, best chance to birth a great idea, shepherd it to newness and end up looking like wise men.
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