The Pilgrams Ledger

Poetry Etc.

Poems I like… and Poems I’ve Written.

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    A series of thoughts from a drunk young man

    What do poor people most need. It is not money. It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle. Money won’t make them content. But there is much value in work and having something to work towards. What they need is to be valued and be loved. That is all that… Continue reading

  • First Time In Patagonia

    “Just be smart; don’t get in the car with some local,” -Dad AEP-BRL Day 1 So, of course, I started my trip by riding in a random guy’s car with someone I had met just 10 minutes earlier. Thankfully, he took us as promised to the town center of Bariloche. Sofia and I parted ways,… Continue reading

  • Splashing Around In SW Colorado

    “A Friend Loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.” Proverbs 17:17  I glance above as a rusted truss bridge spans the width of the Gunnison River, casting a shadow over Noah, Ethan, and I. As we descend farther down the river, I take a breath of the cold, dry… Continue reading

  • Faith & Fear

    Faith is the opposite of fear. Both surface in the midst of the unknown. Yet the former does it with grace and the latter is “the mind killer” as Dune puts it. Yet, they do not seem to be mutually exclusive. We like to deal in absolutes. You are faithless or you are faithful and… Continue reading

  • The Duck Fable

    In the style of Aesop’s Fables Once upon a time a young man stumbled upon 2 ducks outside of a pond. A green headed drake in pursuit of a hen. They were both in the tall grass, but the curious young man was easily able to find them. That is when he had a hunch… Continue reading

  • Deep Calling To Deep

    My First Vespers Service At 6 pm I walked into my first ever Orthodox Church in Bozeman, Montana with my friends Stewart and Brad. All three of us were experiencing our first Vespers service. I went in with minimal expectations and an open mind. I heard there was going to be chanting, and that Vespers… Continue reading

  • The Shadow Side of Birth Control

    99% of sexually active women in the U.S have used birth control before (ACOG)! One of the critical differences between men and women is the asymmetric investment that women are responsible for being the sole caregiver for 9 months while they carry the baby, and then complete dependency during the first year of development. She… Continue reading

  • Theosis

    We are all asked on some level by our own soul, what is the purpose of life, what is the purpose of my life? Purpose is not entirely up to the individual. It is something that finds us, that calls to us. It is not born in the reasoning parts of our mind, however much… Continue reading

  • The (un)Civil Rights

    America shined bright on September 2, 1945 when the evil powers of WWII surrendered. However, within that light there was the dark reality of inequality for African American citizens. The post-civil war Reconstruction had grinded to a halt with the Compromise of 1877. The KKK grew and their violence went unchecked with the absence of… Continue reading