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December 7, 2019

Once When Emmanuel Came

I have a new Christmas poem up at Anchored Voices. It was inspired by the Scriptures that will be read at the December 15 service at my church, Community of Faith. My poem will be read at the service too. It promises to be a...

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October 30, 2018

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a starry night A single star shown ever bright Outshone angels hovering a field Telling shepherds who rightly kneeled Of the birth of the Chosen One Born of Mary, God’s own Son Wise men followed that singular star Traveling for days from afar...

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June 14, 2016

An Angel’s Life

I’ve had a blessed life though I didn’t always think it would be so My first memory is praying for the frantic Christmas shoppers at Costco, standing high on a shelf It felt weird to look down on the carts filled with unnecessary things while...

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December 11, 2014

Come, Baby Jesus

Claudia is having a little fun tending bar at dVerse Poets Pub today, so I thought I’d join in. Her Meeting the Bar prompt today is to write about a character in a book coming alive or someone ending up in a book. I love...

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December 24, 2013

The Sweet Eve of Christmas Day – A Poem

‘Tis the sweet eve of Christmas Day I pray that all will find the way To the manger where Jesus sleeps See the treasure His mother keeps This quiet will last but a little while For one day Mary will not smile To see her...

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December 24, 2012

Joseph: The Forgotten Character

When we think of the Christmas story, it seems we tend to forget the role that Joseph played in this historical event. We rightly focus on the baby Jesus, or often on His mother Mary. To be sure, Joseph is there in every nativity scene,...

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December 4, 2012

The Problem with Santa Claus

For many people, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Santa Claus. As soon as Thanksgiving is over, they start looking forward to Jolly Old St. Nick bringing presents to all the good little boys and girls. Every shopping mall has a Santa Claus waiting for long...

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December 8, 2011

Advent – A Poem

I’ve been thinking all week about writing an acrostic poem about Advent. What I ended up with also uses alliteration so that there are four words for each letter in Advent, to represent the four Sundays of Advent. My son saw me typing this poem...

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January 6, 2011

Epiphany

Today, January 6, is the holiday of Epiphany. It is a date commemorated in both the eastern and western Christian churches, though many western Christian denominations do not celebrate it in any way today. I remember mentioning it once to a friend who is Seventh Day...

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December 2, 2010

Immanuel

December is here. It makes me wonder where the rest of 2010 went! But now that Thanksgiving is over I can officially start thinking about Christmas. For most people, that means thinking about what presents they want and shopping for presents for friends and family....

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