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January 15, 2016

I See God

I’m going to pretend that this rain in the lane Heralds the arrival of spring when birds sing As through this long winter I trod I see God The robin finds worms in rain-soaked sod More death and winter the nightly news portends Yet new life and...

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December 15, 2015

One Shone Brighter

“Gazing at a sky filled with stars,” Wrote the Magi in his memoirs “One shone brighter than the rest. So onward towards that star we pressed.” He never says how many they were, Those magi travelling with gold and myrrh But their destination he makes...

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December 11, 2015

Rejoice!

Revel in the joy of Christ who Empowers us bid sin adieu Jesus born so He might die Once for all our souls to buy Incarnation a great mystery Calling all throughout history Ever more to rejoice, rejoice _____________________________ I wrote this for dVerse Poets...

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November 25, 2015

An Unexplainable Feeling

The current prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write poetry as a vehicle for emotion, which is pretty much what most poetry is anyway. When I read the prompt, I immediately knew the emotion I wanted to write about, but wasn’t sure how I...

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November 20, 2015

What We Deserve

We think we all deserve God’s love All good gifts that come from above A good God wouldn’t send folks to hell And therefore the story we tell saves all with love Except, of course, men like Hitler Terrorists and Jeffrey Dahmer They don’t deserve...

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November 19, 2015

Before the Throne

If I could stand before the throne Turn an ear to His trumpet blown Blinded by His countenance bright Finding in His majestic Light I’m fully known Amazed by lovely seraphim And flying, singing cherubim Though they themselves are quite sublime Each spends every moment...

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November 14, 2015

Why Are We Surprised?

When people do terrible things, such as yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris or the most recent school shooting in Oregon last month, people are surprised. And when you believe, as our culture seems to, that people are basically good, the surprise is understandable. But my...

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November 12, 2015

Joy

I’ve been working on finalizing the manuscript for my holiday poetry book, which I’ll be publishing on CreateSpace and Kindle in the next week or so. I decided the “Advent to Christmas” section was a little thin; plus when I try a new form I...

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