Category: Poetry
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› Read more: The Happiest HingeThe Happiest Hinge
Christ’s presence is the hinge on which all life hangs. As I have continued my study of Psalm 84, my…
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› Read more: Raised In His Rafters
Raised In His Rafters
I love to talk to birds, which I recognize is strange. Whether they are the ubiquitous little brown fellas that…
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› Read more: Understated is an Understatement
Understated is an Understatement
In an overstated culture prone to hyperbole and hype, the life and death of Jesus is the ultimate understatement. The…
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› Read more: No Camping
No Camping
We are not big campers. We don’t own a tent. We barely have enough cheap store brand sleeping bags to…
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› Read more: Faultlines
Faultlines
Southern California sits on hidden faultlines. One would never know that they exist down there, until they collide. What is…
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› Read more: Cloaked
Cloaked
This week during Spring Break, I donned a bathing suit for the first time in a long time. Such a…
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› Read more: The Goat Gatherer
The Goat Gatherer
Every year, around Easter I get to thinking about the Day of Atonement described in detail in Leviticus 16. The…
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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: I Thirst
I Thirst
Jesus uttered seven phrases from the Cross. “I thirst” is unique to John’s gospel. As I studied this phrase in…
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› Read more: A Chronicle of Grief
A Chronicle of Grief
Being a mother has completely transformed the way I experience Easter. It has very little to do with hiding the…