Tag Archives: Poetry
The Story of the Seeds
These past few days I have dug myself into a rut of self-pity and misery. I have driven the one person I have loved the most away from me. I have allowed the evil one to steal the goodness … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Discipleship, Nature, Photography, Sin
Tagged Choice, Forgiveness, Poetry
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Lost, Bothered and Dumbfounded
Relationships in my life are very important and life-giving: Links to nature, to people, to God. There are many links in my life right now that are broken, damaged, weakened, in need of healing. On the one hand I can’t … Continue reading
Struggles and Life
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Everyone longs for rest from labor and toil. This is specially true for peasants working the soil. But even those who in everyday life … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Life, Photography
Tagged Discipline, Doing good, Poetry, Suffering
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Beauty and Goodness
A fisherman, simple and weather-beaten, known for his doting mother-in-law He is mending his nets and a man comes along and tells him to follow. The fisherman drops everything and to the call he does hearken And he follows the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Nature, Photography, The Good News
Tagged Doing good, Poetry
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Of Portals and Thresholds
We live at the threshold of a new world. We live in in-between times – between the already and the not yet. We are always just a step away from portal of our fondest hopes and dreams. Man has a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mystery, Photography, The Good News
Tagged Blessings, Eternity, Poetry
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With the Trinity for Eternity.
We are stardust. This may sound like a romantic expression of who and what we are. But it is a scientific fact. Amazing how we have emerged from that primeval explosion of a single particle. In that primal moment were … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Photography, Presence, The Good News
Tagged Beauty, Eternity, Hope, Miracles, Poetry
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Words
I love words. I love stringing them together to express an idea or to describe an emotion. I love words put together as an inspiring poem or as a compelling story. I love them even more when words are put … Continue reading
Shalom!
Shalom! Peace. Thus did the Risen Lord greet his disciples. Huddled in fear and overwhelmed by bitter disappointment. The man who they thought was the messiah has been crucified and lay dead in the tomb. And then just out of … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Encounter, Mystery, Photography, Presence
Tagged Blessings, Doing good, Hope, Peace, Poetry
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Finding My Way, Seeking My Truth and Living My Life
My life has been a journey. And I have tried to keep to the straight and narrow path. But the paths I have taken have often not hewn to the straight and narrow. My way has taken me to places … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Generosity, Life, Photography, Presence
Tagged Blessings, Grace, Gratitude, Humility, Poetry, Serendipity
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Longing for Forever
Life is beautiful, I know and I can see. And yet all this beauty is but transitory. The pretty flower that blooms in my garden today All too soon withers and dies and just fades away. Yet the memory lingers … Continue reading