More Than Poetic Musings

A widow friend of mine asked me on Michael's sixth heavenly birthday if I knew why God had still let me on earth. I told her I don't...

If ever there was a time For bending And breaking For my will forsaking And my pride restraining If ever there was a time for reckoning...

I wrote this four years ago and it never made it on the page. Here it is now. I say, "Lord, I am so tired I'm broken and weak." You say,...

The amazing Janet Pope led our Women's Bible Study this summer through 5 epic prayers of the Bible. Each session was so amazingly...

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to...

There's a sanctuary Not made by human hands There's a throne of grace Where my Mediator stands There's a Most Holy Place Accessed by the...

You can build a name for yourself Chase commendation and acclaim You can seek the praises of others Desire fortune and fame You can be...

May the grace of our Lord be with our spirits That we may be strengthened in our inner being May we always see His great mercy And be...

This lyrical poem is a supposal, to steal the term from C.S. Lewis in the reference to the Chronicles of Narnia. It arose from my study...

Dust I am Particles of earth Fragments and filaments Gathered from the ground Imbued with design. Clay I am Lumps of mud Clumps and...

Day drank gray Gulped it down Hurled the gloom all around Day drank gray. Day drank gray Imbibed on melancholy Laid a table I couldn't...

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I'm standing on one side You on the other You should call me sister I should call you brother Can we cross the divide? We're aching with...

Carefully concealing the lies deep inside Over and over again they fill my mind Never yielding--never revealing--never Seeking Truth...

The firmament's a field of cotton Ripe for the picking Vermillion and flaxen hues Chase the amiable breeze And thoughts of heaven...

The Hebrew words for the Holy Spirit are either Ha Ruach Ha Kodesh or Ruach Adonai. I was introduced to them in a novel I was reading....

This is the companion poem to "Pathway of Rejoicing." Together they both offer unique perspectives on the pathway to rejoicing in the...

This weekend at church I heard a powerful sermon on 1 Peter 4:7-11. The sermon was about how not to waste your life and, of course,...

Our pastor is finishing up a series on the Sermon on the Mount this weekend and talking about the tough passages in Matthew 7:21-27. Our...

Deuteronomy 7:12, "If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of...