Family Matters

The bro or sis I could have had Had my parents not been so selfish. O what I missed by their choice. I had no voice in their “decision” The foolishness of those who choose Their lifestyles above the Law Putting first things they saw, The troubles that might have been But never came. Yes […]

To the tune of “Merry Month of May” Went out on a date one day Wouldn’t have it any other way Had a short consort But she would not abort Had to bid him “Go away!” There a moral to the tale, trust me Can’t be what you want to be If you do what […]

Back at cha BLM commies! How about an Abortuary Bombing Mission? Call it the ABM Project. Justice! Justice for the unborn! Save those babies by any means necessary. So the commandment reads: “Justice! Justice you shall pursue that you may live!” (Deuteronomy 16:20). You BLM perverts want to live? Then pursue justice for the innocent […]

You gave up your choice To have a baby When you decided to copulate. Yeah, it’s too late to state Your reasons for rejecting The fruit of your decision. You’re stuck with the derision And the family division Over the baby you didn’t want. Might just haunt You for some time to come. Yes, there […]

When we build our lives Around our frail selves They soon become a blight. In our memories past The pleasures and pursuits outlasted By the closing of creditorsUpon us with a fury Paying us back for the hurry We made of our time. What do we owe others Brothers, mothers, and God Himself When all […]

‘Tis a taste of inspiration Writing poems in the morning Like a spirit down upon me I write and think after the words Go down on paper without warning. Thoughts come down prompted By His movement in our mindsHow He opens them to the Life, The Truth we heed or die. We need not wonder […]

God hates divorce And so do we! If you want to please Him Or us, do what you can To avoid what He hates, The pain surely unforeseen. Imagine things you can’t imagine, Roads you haven’t traveled With no signs for direction, The tension of life on a road Unmarked by instruction, To be hustling […]

Finally, as if a matter of course Came to our family a divorce, Elli and Brandon divided. This they just decided And told us this very day, The fourteenth of November. Not a date to remember With any fondness or joy, We are made very sad. The joy they might have had Including the One […]

The fall of a marriage Makes one sad indeed. Two lives, one, undone Hearts suffer; they bleed. There is no cure for a break In that bond forever made Between the two who make The pledge to ever love one another. ‘Tis no small vow but easily made And consequences go unweighed When love is […]

There once was a girl name o’ Jayne Drove me a little “insaney” By her had many-a kid And all that we did Was intended to serve the Lord. Well, we never got bored, Had no money but hoarded All that we could, Did all that we should And onward we soared To that lofty reward. […]

What’s worse? Pro-choice Slave holding Confederates Or pro-choice baby-killing Democrats? (Sorry, Southerners to make this equation No personal insult is intended But for the sake of argument It is recommended.) The choice to buy and sell a slave Was a right once commended.All of course depended Upon the value of a human. Some were deemed […]

Way back in the seventies There was plenty of glee, A time of romance and “Kathie Lee” A champ was I on the mat With a destiny for Annapolis. ‘Twas a prospect many cherished Even while some to war would perish. There to stay or leave I pondered An opportunity not to be squandered But […]

He who blows up and abortuary With or without his wife Does so without worry, pain or strife Over the question of whether he May save or injure a person. The issue is settled by the fact That the location where the Children are butchered Is no longer in tact. A simple truth forsooth. When […]

Michael Bray 28 March 2007 One of the wonderful opportunities at Wilmington High School is the development of writing skills for those who do extracurricular work for the school paper, Hurricane. Occasionally there is an article of interest for the larger community, that fellowship of citizens which pays for the school’s existence. In the latest […]

The fathers went down to Egypt Many long years ago And became as numerous as heaven. He sent me to jail with only three. Now – plus grands – we have eleven. When I think of Anastasia Who would have made us twelve, The child who never was among us, I imagine her well occupied […]

The following 65-word creed contains the names of all the children of Mike and Jayne Bray. They are represented in the text in order. Some appear candidly; others in metaphor. The Lord is my God. ElliI have peace with Him through the One JonasWho revealed Him to all men. EpiphanyHe rescued us from […]

Simply summarized, it is inspired by family breakdown; which is the product of that cool, progressive, Godless movement which propagated sex outside of marriage. Indeed, the de-sacralization of marriage – the holy institution where sex is exclusively, as a holy association, to be had – is the true “root cause” of the contemporary break down […]

Our capacity for salacity Is beyond what one may imagine, And to our chagrin It does not end But begins anew rightIn our hearts, Wicked in every new day. O that sin within Every day rises up to begin Another assault upon our souls, On friends and foe taking tolls! And what of it shall […]

“What is Truth?” queried Pilate when the prosecution of Jesus was before him. And so it is that the question has persisted down through the ages and continues today. Then the particular question was whether the Nazarene could be rightly identified as the one and only and long anticipated “messiah.” What is Truth and how […]

I will weigh in. Yea, I will render a point of view on this crucial issue: I say, put it on the fastest (cheapest) setting! Why? The really nasty pans or dishes will not be cleaned by the dish washer! You will end up pulling out the dirty pan or dish regardless of the setting […]