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You Are Dust
This is a reposted sonnet for Ash Wednesday entitled, You Are Dust. The poem is based on the lines spoken when ashes are imposed on the forehead for Ash Wednesday; those lines are a quote of Genesis 3:19 which reads, By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread,…
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Your Good Deeds
This poem is based upon Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 which is the lectionary reading for this coming Ash Wednesday. If it’s helpful, you may listen to me read the sonnet via the player below. Your good deeds should be so secret that you Don’t even know what you do, Nor notice…
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Learn to Behold
This sonnet is next in the series That You May Believe. It is based on John 3:22-36 when John’s disciples come to John with the complaint that Jesus is baptizing and all are going over to him. John corrects his disciples and shows them how they have become disconnected from…
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Suddenly He Comes
In the United States February 2 is Groundhog Day. For many Christians, February 2 is Candlemas or the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. The Presentation is found in Luke 2:22-38 which records the events forty days after the birth of Jesus. At that time, Mary and…
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With a Child’s Eyes I See
Next in the series So That You May Believe is a sonnet based on John 3:1-20. In this passage the elder of Israel, Nicodemus, comes to Jesus inquiring of his identity. Nicodemus apprehends that Jesus is somebody, but he doesn’t see who he is clearly. Jesus responds to Nicodemus’ questions…
