As Sparks Fly Upward
Brian MetzgerMy personal Substack. A place to think outloud.
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Killing Fish
(This post was first published on-line about 16 years ago or so. I’m posting it again today because it popped up in a document search I was doing and as I read it again, I realized how much more acutely I feel it in 2026. Maybe you will too...
Lamentations
One of the greatest influences on my life has been the life and work of the late Harry Chapin.
In one of Chapin’s songs he sings,
Stop singing these sad songs
Just tell me ‘bout the good times
I have heard that cold hard truth so many...
Make It Make Sense
There’s an old story that goes something like this…
A porn shop burns down one night through mysterious circumstances. The owner of the porn shop takes the leadership of the church on the opposite corner to court, suing them for the destru...
Farewell, John Piper
Recently, hard-left, liberal, woke theologian and pastor, John Piper, was piled on for tweeting out this scripture, “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you wer...
The Darkest Timeline
It’s an iconic moment in cinematic history. Directed by the late Rob Reiner from a script by Aaron Sorkin, it has added a phrase to our common pop lexicon, “You can’t handle the truth!”
The scene is set in a military courtroom and in a ten...
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