Category: Poetry
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› Read more: Borrowed
Borrowed
“Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail, hippity, hoppity, Easter’s on its way.” I remember singing that as…
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› Read more: ________ Friday
________ Friday
We refer to this frightful Friday as Good Friday. Good. When I hear good, I think fine, decent, nondescript. As…
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› Read more: The Seder & The Savior
The Seder & The Savior
A few years ago, when my children were three and two years old, I had the brilliant idea of teaching…
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› Read more: Scarred, Sacred Head
Scarred, Sacred Head
Every year, as Easter fast approaches and catches me off guard, I attempt to reread George Herbert’s poem The Sacrifice. Every…
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› Read more: Light Palms, Heavy Burden
Light Palms, Heavy Burden
Palm Sunday. The expectant people lined the streets, praising Jesus and quoting from Psalm 118 when he was approaching in…
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› Read more: The Difference Between Submission & Resignation
The Difference Between Submission & Resignation
“There is a significant difference between submission and resignation.” I don’t remember the full details of the context, but I…
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› Read more: Sons & Strangers
Sons & Strangers
The fish with the shekel in its mouth. I have taught the story many times before to children of various…
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› Read more: He Giveth More Grace
He Giveth More Grace
TP is not the only thing on short supply in our house. We are running low on books, despite my…
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› Read more: Poetry Offers Space for those Sheltering in Place
Poetry Offers Space for those Sheltering in Place
In a time when possibilities, once seemingly limitless in our nation, have suddenly become far more limited, poetry offers perspective…
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› Read more: Love’s Lonely Offices
Love’s Lonely Offices
Today love will be celebrated with saccharine candies, glittery cards, and helium balloons, and well it should be in a…
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