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The Widow’s Best
Reposting for Holy Week. Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.…
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Palm Sunday
A sonnet for the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday. Time’s Fullness comes to Jerusalem Midst the throng of waving palms and praise; “Son of David!” we all cry in unison Beholding our king, our Hosannas raise! This is the sudden coming, the long-awaited hour — Riding on a donkey’s colt,…
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The Good Shepherd III
This sonnet continues in the series, So That You May Believe, from the Gospel of John and is a meditation on John 10:11. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” If it is helpful, you may listen to me read via the…
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The One Sheep
This sonnet is based on John 10:11 and Luke 15:3-7. If it is helpful you may listen to me read the sonnet via the player below. By mid-morning, my circumstance it seems Has closed the door to joy, friendship, and rest And locked out of love, my loneliness leaves Me…
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The Good Shepherd II
This poem is about the Good Shepherd of John 10:11. If it is helpful you may listen to me read the poem via the player below. Away from the comforts of the valley farm To the height of the mountain meadow, We pass into a realm of foreboding harm Stepping…
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