Sin – Page 4 – Another Fearless Year

July 30, 2015

Not Just a Statistic

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub today is to write a poem in common meter, but to use some of the tricks that Emily Dickenson used to make common meter a little more interesting. I love an opportunity to sort of break the rules of...

The Gospel Misunderstood

Today is going to be Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub (I think). At any rate, I wrote this for Open Link Night. It was inspired by several conversations I’ve had lately—some in real life and some online. So often the Gospel is misunderstood...

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July 17, 2015

The Philosophy of Choice

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub yesterday was offered by Brian Miller, back from a 5-month break from the pub. During his absence, he took a philosophy class and so is calling us to write about philosophy, with the requirement that our poem be titled...

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June 23, 2015

Monsoon of Mercy

At dVerse Poets Pub today, Abhra tells a tale of the monsoon season in India. The “prompt” for the day is fairly vague, so I drew from Abhra’s story about how the hot, dry summer is followed by the monsoon. And I tapped into the...

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April 22, 2015

Wandering Sheep

The prompt today at NaPoWriMo for Day 22 of the challenge is to write a pastoral poem. Although I had another poem already in the works for today, I decided to keep that one for tomorrow and go with the prompt. The description of a...

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April 4, 2015

You Paid the Price

Lamb of God where would I be if You had not died for me Lost in sin slave to death in muck and mire with all the rest Yet because You paid the price I’ve been redeemed and reconciled

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April 3, 2015

The Sound and the Silence

Deafening Hammer on nails Pounding pounding pounding A tear falls Deafening Jeers and insults Taunting taunting taunting A prayer replies Deafening Darkness and earthquake Trembling trembling trembling A price is paid And then silence

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February 26, 2015

The Cost

We’re jousting over at dVerse Poets Pub today as the tournament continues. The challenge is to take one line from either Brian’s or Claudia’s poem, posted there, and write a new poem with that one line included. I cheated a little and took the last...

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February 19, 2015

Pruning

The Twist and Shout — Meeting at the Bar prompt today at dVerse Poets Pub focuses on the volta at the end of a poem. I’ll let you check out Bjorn’s excellent description if you want to know more about it. I looked back over...

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February 18, 2015

Ash and Sackcloth

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. It is somber holiday when we are called to consider our sinful nature and our need for a savior. As a result, it tends not to be the most popular of holidays, and yet it is an...

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Another Fearless Year

Tag: Sin

Not Just a Statistic

The Gospel Misunderstood

The Philosophy of Choice

Monsoon of Mercy

Wandering Sheep

You Paid the Price

The Sound and the Silence

The Cost

Pruning

Ash and Sackcloth

Tag: Sin

Not Just a Statistic

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The Gospel Misunderstood

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