June 17, 2012

Our Heresy Detector: God’s Word

At church we are in the middle of a sermon series on “What We Believe.” This morning our pastor talked about how important it is to hold onto Jesus and what we believe about Him based on the teaching of the Bible. In the children’s...

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June 14, 2012

Beloved – A Poem

It seems my Thankful Thursday theme has come a long way from its humble beginnings on January 6, 2011 with an acrostic poem titled Thankful. With few exceptions, though, the one constant is that Thankful Thursday means a poem about something I am thankful for....

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June 12, 2012

Confession – A Villanelle

Several months ago (or maybe longer) the Form for All lesson at dVerse Poets Pub was on the villanelle form. At the time is seemed too hard and so I didn’t try writing one. But my poetry knowledge and skill has come a long way since then....

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June 9, 2012

Wedding Bells – A Villanelle

Our nephew Jacob is marrying the love of his life Baiba today. We are looking forward to attending the wedding and reception. In anticipation of the festivities I wrote this villanelle for them. It’s my first attempt at a villanelle, another poetry form with specific...

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June 8, 2012

Three Beans Baked for Recipe Friday

Last Sunday we had an awesome picnic at church, which was coupled with an opportunity to sign up for a group service project at one of our local homeless and food shelters. Since it’s a Lutheran church it was, of course, a potluck picnic. I...

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June 7, 2012

Light – A Poem

Pondering how thankful I am that Jesus is the true Light that shines into the darkness and shows me the way to life. Light The Light of life Piercing the darkness Illuminating truth Clearing away strife The Light of the world Displacing hopelessness Radiating pure...

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June 4, 2012

Do You Hear God’s Whispers in the Dark?

All last week I was listening to Skillet’s Comatose CD in my car. There is one song on this CD that I have always liked, but it wasn’t until last week that I realized how awesome the lyrics are. It’s called Whispers in the Dark....

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June 3, 2012

Comprehending Three in One for Trinity Sunday

According to the liturgical calendar used by many Christian churches, today is Trinity Sunday. This is the day that the Church celebrates the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It falls on the Sunday following Pentecost, which is when the Holy Spirit came upon the Church....

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June 2, 2012

Psalm for My Savior – A Pantoum

The other day I wrote a triolet and my dear blogging friend Deb, of Deb’s Blog, commented that it was very Psalm-like. It got me thinking about writing another triolet inspired by my favorite Psalm 116. But when I started writing I realized the triolet...

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