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Nothing Will Be the Same
This poem is based on Jeremiah 19:1-13. If it is helpful, you may listen to me read the poem via the player below. The prophet takes the elders through the gate Where lie the ruins of rubble and trash, Where the stench of dung and smoldering ash Serves to speak,…
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What Do You See?
This week, I begin a new series on the book of Jeremiah. This first poem takes its inspiration from Jeremiah 1:1-19. I must acknowledge my debt to Eugene Peterson’s translation in The Message of this passage wherein he seeks to make the pun found in the Hebrew between the words…
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What Prince?
This poem finds its inspiration in Psalm 119:161-176 and is the last in a series on Psalm 119. One of psalmist’s antagonists throughout Psalm 119 are the “princes”. Rather than take “prince” as merely one who is a member of the king’s household, I have imagined them as those who,…
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With My Whole Heart
This poem finds its inspiration in Psalm 119:145-160 With my whole heart, I cry. With all of me I call out when in my own company Before the morn, when I in mourning be. Alone I wait and wait to see You rescue from the grave As promised in your…
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Your Word Unlocks
This sonnet is loosely based on Psalm 119:129-144. Much of my meditating has come from the line in verse 129 which reads, “Your testimonies are wonderful”. The “wonderful” is akin to the meaning of supernatural. When received, good news is wonderful. It is this amazement that I attempt to contrast…
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