March 31, 2020 Limericks for Lent I have written a few limericks over the years. Well, most of them were written in 2012. I thought I’d share some today for my Lent posting. There’s a man who was God come to earth He arrived by a strange virgin birth He gave... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 2
September 26, 2013 Whom Can God Use? – A Poem Three weeks into the study of Matthew in Bible Study Fellowship I’ve already learned — or been reminded of — a great truth. God can, and does, use the most unlikely and undeserving people to accomplish His great purposes for mankind. He can use even... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comment: 1
May 12, 2012 Interesting Sayings I’ve been thinking about interesting sayings the past week and how we pick them up. Several have come up in conversation with others recently. One of my favorites my mom used to say. “If I had my druthers . . .” In other words, if I... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Miscellaneous Comments: 5
March 23, 2012 More Limericks of Dogs and Kings When I wrote my first limerick yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised by all the positive feedback. I even had a couple of people post limericks in response. Then later that evening my little dog inspired another limerick; and then just before bed another came to mind. It’s funny... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 6
January 26, 2012 The Shepherd – A Poem The other day I posted a “found poem” that my son wrote for his social studies class. After reading a bit about this form of poetry, I decided I wanted to try writing one. I thought of all the references to sheep and shepherds in... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry Comments: 8
October 2, 2011 Psalm 21 – Praise to the Lord for Victory I seem to have used up my creativity in poetry this week and couldn’t think of a clever way to choose a Psalm, so again I’m just going in order of the next Psalm that I’ve never posted before. And that is Psalm 21. This... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 2
August 24, 2011 critical spirit, Holy Spirit – A Poem I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the critical spirit that can creep into our thinking about others and even about church. In particular, I have been pondering the presence of a critical spirit in worship services, which is manifested when we view a worship... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 6
August 16, 2011 Love, Humility, and Faith – My Tuesday Three For My Tuesday Three, I decided to share three of my favorite people from the Bible and why I like them. You may be surprised to find that Jesus is not on this short list, but that is just because He is too obvious. All... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Psalms Comments: 7
May 4, 2011 A Lesson from King Josiah: Older and Wiser I’m getting back to my Bible-in-a-year schedule. The date on my schedule says it’s October, but I’m pretty sure it’s May. It is May, isn’t it? Anyway, I took a break from this schedule for Lent and followed the Wordstrong reading schedule my whole church... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Christian Living Comments: 6
February 13, 2011 Psalm 37 – Wait Patiently for the Lord Today is our last Sunday of Chris Nye’s 4-week series on finding Jesus in the Psalms. The Psalm reading for today is from Psalm 37. I’ve actually written on this Psalm once before in a post called Don’t Fret, but I decided to post the... Share this:TweetMoreShare on TumblrPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... Categories Poetry/Psalms Comments: 10