Category: Poetry
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› Read more: Followers, Not Admirers
Followers, Not Admirers
We are approaching Easter weekend. Outside of Christmas, these days commemorating the death and resurrection are among the most approachable…
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› Read more: Access Goes Both Ways: Thoughts on Triune Love
Access Goes Both Ways: Thoughts on Triune Love
I have an admission and accompanying apology to make. I am that girl that has to be reminded to respond…
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› Read more: A Poem from Despair to Hope: T. S. Eliot’s “Ash Wednesday”
A Poem from Despair to Hope: T. S. Eliot’s “Ash Wednesday”
I was introduced to T. S. Eliot in high school through a short excerpt in our required anthology. I think…
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› Read more: Displaced
Displaced
Confession: I spent a few weeks avoiding dropping off gifts for three families I love. The members of our small…
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› Read more: The King Tide & The King of Tides
The King Tide & The King of Tides
In the midst of the holiday season, there is an event that has become its own quiet holiday in my…
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› Read more: Deep as the Curse Has Dug
Deep as the Curse Has Dug
He comes to make His blessings flow/ Far as the curse is found/ Far as the curse is found/ Far…
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› Read more: Simeon Bears the Burden Bearer
Simeon Bears the Burden Bearer
Simeon was a story gatherer. As an elderly man, he carried the weight of the stories of his people, both…
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› Read more: Lighting the Star
Lighting the Star
Familiarity breeds contempt, which is why a sanctified imagination is an important ingredient in the Christian life. When we get…
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› Read more: Parenting Teens: Growing Together
Parenting Teens: Growing Together
My middle fella turns fourteen in a few days. My oldest fella recently experienced a big disappointment over which I…
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› Read more: When Your Prayers Seem to Hit the Ceiling
When Your Prayers Seem to Hit the Ceiling
C.S. Lewis wisely wrote in a letter to a friend, “We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be…