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June 25, 2021

Tanka with Paint Chips

It’s Friday again (well, actually Thursday when I’m writing this, but for you readers it’s Friday). We are into the T section of the poetry dictionary and the entry I’ve selected is the tanka. It was hard to choose because I also love the terza...

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November 13, 2020

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #46

It’s week 46 of the paint chips. It’s been a long week so this one’s going to be short and sweet. The Challenge The theme this week comes from page 426 of A Treasury of Christian Poetry. It’s a poem called “Obedience.” Your challenge is...

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February 14, 2020

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #7 for My Valentine

It’s week 7 of the Paint Chip Poetry Prompt and it’s Valentine’s Day. I’m tickled that there are some Valentine’s appropriate words in the mix, and they do say home is where the heart is. So be a dear and play along. It would make...

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March 18, 2016

Light in the Corners

My story shines bright When Christ is the light within His merciful torch Exposing darkness and sin Spirit heals my brokenness ____________________________________ This Tanka was inspired by experience at the Faith & Culture Writers’ Connection I attended last night. Our guest speaker was Paul J....

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February 29, 2016

My Journey of Lent

The journey of Lent is personal for each Christian. In fact, some Christians aren’t even aware of what Lent is, what it means. It should be a journey of drawing closer to Christ, of understanding His sacrifice. Yet so often it becomes a journey of...

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