April 2, 2021 Metonymy and Paint Chip Poetry Spring is in full swing. Perhaps new life will make its way into some of our poems for this prompt. We are in the M section of the poetry journal and there were quite a few options, but many of them we way too long... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 19
March 2, 2021 Thoughts on “Seventy Times Seven” I love the Psalms and C.S. Lewis’s reflections are inspiring. This quote in particular makes you think. Jesus really did say forgive “seventy times seven,” which literally means as many times as necessary. Ouch! That’s a hard truth to swallow along with our pride. So... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living/Memoir Comments: 0
February 26, 2021 Idyll Paint Chip Poetry Prompt Welcome to another week of paint chip poetry fun. This week we’re writing idyll poems. This is a new poetry concept for me and I think it will be a lot of fun. The Challenge Today your challenge is to write your own idyll, according... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 12
February 23, 2021 Thoughts on “Close-Fisted, Teeth Clenched” This week I’m sharing thoughts on a C.S. Lewis quote I had forgotten. I love Lewis’s allegory The Great Divorce, but it’s been awhile since I last read it. If you never have, I highly recommend it. Very short book with lots of insight. The... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 0
February 17, 2021 LENT – A Poetry Reading Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. In years past, I’ve posted every day for Lent. Some years I even wrote a poem every day for Lent. Other commitments make that difficult this year, but I always like to do a little something... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 0
February 16, 2021 Thoughts on “Can My Heart Be Broken?” In my continuing series of posts from The C.S. Lewis Journal, today I’m writing about one of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes. It’s all about love and how important it is. The Quote To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living/Memoir Comments: 6
January 26, 2021 Thoughts on “For Me Alone?” Once again, I’m sharing thoughts from my response to a C.S. Lewis quote in The C.S. Lewis Journal. This one happens to be a longer quote and a longer prayer, and shorter thought. A Quote from Lewis Be sure that the ins and outs of... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 0
January 24, 2021 I’ve Been Interviewed! Last fall, I was interviewed by Cynthia L. Simmons for her radio show and podcast titled Heart of the Matter. I talked about my experience with sexual assault trauma, the effects of that trauma, and how God showed me the way out of the pit... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living/Memoir Comments: 2
January 19, 2021 Thoughts on “Hiding in Plain Sight” The C.S. Lewis Journal, which consists of quotes from various works of C.S. Lewis, each followed by two pages of blank lines to journal about that quote, is a favorite of mine. (I might be obsessed with blank journals generally, but that’s a story for... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 3
January 15, 2021 Chance Cinquain Paint Chip Poetry Prompt January is plugging right along. Here we are at week three and I kind of miss 2020. How about you? Well, we can’t go back so we’ll just keep moving forward. And for this year in paint chip poetry that means checking out the C... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 15