Do I wear Christ’s righteousness as a cloak over my shoulders,something to discardon the sunny days when I findno need,but huddling under its protection when my self sufficiency fails me?Have I reduced His saving grace…
I cannot be quietwith my soul when resentment is therewhen anger bubbles too close to the surface when hurts are harboured like decaying skeletons.Who wants to sit quiet with that? I cannot be quiet with…
Overline Today, the truth I build my life on may be getting bullied out by feelings. Feelings are powerful motivators, but they are not necessarily fact. Sometimes, we have to remind our feelings that they…
Dear Father I pray that you will help us through the hard stuff, the raw emotion, the disappointment, the broken relationships, broken promises, broken hearts. Please help us over the rocky patches through the fog,…
Good Friday. It’s an ancient story of a hill with three crosses. It’s about betrayal and death, and its message is still relevant today. Because of Christ’s atoning sacrifice for us, He has become our…
Should we despair, as though love doesn’t care to see us through to the light? In the dark, we hide we fear the things we cannot see In the dark, we do the things we…
Seasons and change like the falling leaves and the spent flower leave a sadness with their fading beauty. Change is hard unfamiliar and uncertain with a dirge of lament we resist the becoming. “Let’s just…
Mom I hear her voice over the line her soft chuckle and I don’t want to take it for granted All my life she’s been there for me a quick call to mom I don’t…
Broken we are broken individual hearts aching for the brokenness of the world we are all breaking apart shattered for the pain upon pain stacked high to crushing Atrocities, casualties, hatred, fear, divisions,depressions anxiety, loss,…
When you just want to smooth the road and take the pain and uncertainty away! I see your scraped knees I have caught and counted your tears I hold your scuffed heart tenderly but don’t…
I am from faspa and maadach schloup from hard wooden church pews and old country hymns I am from tradition, handmade clothes and head coverings I am from heritage. I am from long rows of…
Living angry takes a lot of emotional energy It saps strength and empties the heart of any joy It’s wearing glasses of grey smudge splashing everything in black and white devoid of colour My child’s…
I pray for the girl who had to miss rehearsal her dance shoes waiting by the front door. Now she crouches underground with neighbours smelling of supper listening for sounds of demolishing dreams, sanctuaries, and…
The page has turned the slate is clean you have opened a crisp new notebook, words unwritten. Anticipation for the possibilities resolutions are set determination to do better. Words are chosen as guideposts goals are…
‘‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house. Was the smell of floor polish and Pluma mouuse. The commen were set on the table with care In hopes that Suuzya and Pieta would…
Lest we forget how blessed we are how free we live, we pause to Remember. Oh we complain and yearn for the simpler days, days gone by; but those days are never better than the…
It astounds me that the Painter of the skies would bend to sing over me with joy. That He would delight in me with rejoicing quiet me with His love. I hear the refrain like…
We have good intentions to fix our eyes on Truth How easily our minds wander off course. We have good intentions to fix our eyes on Truth but before we know what happened we are…
As He holds the stars, He holds the universe. All things are in His keeping, including the things that keep me awake in the night. I stepped outside last night to see if I could…
It’s a race against the clock We don’t have time Come on let’s go Let’s get it done I’m too busy Hurry up Quickly Instant meals Eat on the go Instant pots Eat and dash…
Mom; she wears her love on her hands The age spots tell of the many years she has held me in her heart. The lines tell of her never-ending acts of service; kneading the dough…
Do I wear Christ’s righteousness as a cloak over my shoulders,something to discardon the sunny days when I findno need,but huddling under its protection when my self sufficiency fails me?Have I reduced His saving grace…
I cannot be quietwith my soul when resentment is therewhen anger bubbles too close to the surface when hurts are harboured like decaying skeletons.Who wants to sit quiet with that? I cannot be quiet with…
Overline Today, the truth I build my life on may be getting bullied out by feelings. Feelings are powerful motivators, but they are not necessarily fact. Sometimes, we have to remind our feelings that they…
Dear Father I pray that you will help us through the hard stuff, the raw emotion, the disappointment, the broken relationships, broken promises, broken hearts. Please help us over the rocky patches through the fog,…
Do you see beautiful? Are you a glass-half-full girl or a glass-half-empty girl? Some of us need to work that much harder to find the beautiful.
poetry on hope
Good Friday. It’s an ancient story of a hill with three crosses. It’s about betrayal and death, and its message is still relevant today. Because of Christ’s atoning sacrifice for us, He has become our…
Trust is the freefall that fear will keep you from making
Should we despair, as though love doesn’t care to see us through to the light? In the dark, we hide we fear the things we cannot see In the dark, we do the things we…
Seasons and change like the falling leaves and the spent flower leave a sadness with their fading beauty. Change is hard unfamiliar and uncertain with a dirge of lament we resist the becoming. “Let’s just…
Mom I hear her voice over the line her soft chuckle and I don’t want to take it for granted All my life she’s been there for me a quick call to mom I don’t…
Broken we are broken individual hearts aching for the brokenness of the world we are all breaking apart shattered for the pain upon pain stacked high to crushing Atrocities, casualties, hatred, fear, divisions,depressions anxiety, loss,…
When you just want to smooth the road and take the pain and uncertainty away! I see your scraped knees I have caught and counted your tears I hold your scuffed heart tenderly but don’t…
I am from faspa and maadach schloup from hard wooden church pews and old country hymns I am from tradition, handmade clothes and head coverings I am from heritage. I am from long rows of…
Living angry takes a lot of emotional energy It saps strength and empties the heart of any joy It’s wearing glasses of grey smudge splashing everything in black and white devoid of colour My child’s…
I pray for the girl who had to miss rehearsal her dance shoes waiting by the front door. Now she crouches underground with neighbours smelling of supper listening for sounds of demolishing dreams, sanctuaries, and…
I want to be wise not in a know-it-all I told you so listen to me way I have made a few rotations around the sun I know more than I did as a child…
The page has turned the slate is clean you have opened a crisp new notebook, words unwritten. Anticipation for the possibilities resolutions are set determination to do better. Words are chosen as guideposts goals are…
‘‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house. Was the smell of floor polish and Pluma mouuse. The commen were set on the table with care In hopes that Suuzya and Pieta would…
Lest we forget how blessed we are how free we live, we pause to Remember. Oh we complain and yearn for the simpler days, days gone by; but those days are never better than the…
It astounds me that the Painter of the skies would bend to sing over me with joy. That He would delight in me with rejoicing quiet me with His love. I hear the refrain like…
We have good intentions to fix our eyes on Truth How easily our minds wander off course. We have good intentions to fix our eyes on Truth but before we know what happened we are…
As He holds the stars, He holds the universe. All things are in His keeping, including the things that keep me awake in the night. I stepped outside last night to see if I could…
It’s a race against the clock We don’t have time Come on let’s go Let’s get it done I’m too busy Hurry up Quickly Instant meals Eat on the go Instant pots Eat and dash…
Mom; she wears her love on her hands The age spots tell of the many years she has held me in her heart. The lines tell of her never-ending acts of service; kneading the dough…