Wednesday Nights and Rushdoony

Hannah Roorda writes

It’s been an interesting summer, and I’m sure I don’t need to describe all of my time commitments for you to come to the conclusion that I’m about to make the excuse that I’ve been too busy to blog. Ah, reader, you are brilliant.

But, I did find some time to write. My church has a book study every other Wednesday night, and one of the features of this study is that there are a few people who like to talk a lot during the study who seem to sometimes miss it when someone else would like to talk (tip: don’t put two pastors in the same room). I’m fine with this, as I recognize there are many more moments in my life when I’m talking and just won’t shut up than there are moments when I can’t get a word in edgewise.

But when one wants to talk and one is not given opportunity to, it can be very frustrating. To alleviate the problem of boredom, I have taken to writing short poems about historical theological leaders. They’re not strictly Clerihews, since I rarely like following the AABB rhyme pattern, and they’re not usually limericks, since that’s hard (whine, whine). They’re just short little things.

I’ll be posting them over the course of the next few weeks. To start, here’s one on Rushdoony (look him up if you need to):

Nobody messed with Rousas John Rushdoony,
For he was really quite feared.
When others would speak, he’d bellow,
“Hush, loony!” And frighten them off with his beard.

Posted at 12:52 pm EST on the 26th of July 2008 by H. G. Roorda.

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There are 3 replies.
 
  1. John R. Ahern says on July 27th, 2008 at 1:08 am

    I credit Rushdoony at least for adding to greater human suffering by coming up with one more name for those poor theologians to have to remember and, in the worst cases, even to have to align themselves with or against. Perhaps your poem said as much in a much more clever way.

  2. L. C. Russell says on July 28th, 2008 at 3:55 am

    But he supported homeschooling! So he’s on my good list. And no, I’ve never heard of him before, so you have broadened my horizons, Han.
    I’m looking forwards to more of these. :-)

  3. Han says on August 2nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Well, John, I think I only think about Rushdoony because I am our church librarian, and his big beardy face stares up at me from the ancient (70s) tomes.

    Thanks, Laura! I look forward to posting them… when I’m allowed to! :D Although with all this poetry going around…