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March 29, 2012

This Moment – A Poem

Here it is Thankful Thursday, and although I have much that I am thankful for (including the fact that I am on vacation this week for spring break) I wasn’t sure what to write for this post. I didn’t really have any concrete ideas for...

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March 28, 2012

Limericks for Lent

Last Thursday I wrote my first limerick in response to the dVerse Poets Pub FormForAll, then later that day wrote two more. At least one of my readers expressed concern that I might get stuck in this genre of poetry – an idea I quickly dismissed....

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March 27, 2012

Service – A Triolet

This poem started as just the first three lines as I was preparing to head off to my small group meeting to discuss our Christian tool of “service.” Then I decided to turn it into a triolet. The meter isn’t perfect for a triolet, but it...

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March 25, 2012

Four Truths to Remember

Today in church our Youth Minister Colie gave the sermon. We are still learning about our Christian Toolbox, and today’s tool was “service.” But I am not going to write about what she told us about service right now. (There will no doubt be more...

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March 18, 2012

Sharing Our Gratitude

This morning in church we learned about the next tool in our Christian toolbox – Gratitude. This seems like an obvious one. We all know it is important to be grateful for the blessings we have been given. But Pr. Dave shared an aspect of...

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March 17, 2012

The Blessing of Family

One of the most wonderful blessings God has given us is family. The cool thing about family is that there is a connection between family members that defies logic and reason. There is a love for family that transcends understanding. I’ve experienced a couple of...

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March 15, 2012

God Is Love – A Triolet

For some reason, I am compelled to write one more triolet to finish off my trio of triolets. (Truth be told, I have fallen in love with this form of poetry so you will probably see more in the future.) In writing this triolet, I took...

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