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I Just Want to Say
“I just want to say, can we, can we all get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?” Rodney King “I just want to say, can we, can we all get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and…
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The Door of Your Heart
This is a sonnet based on a quote from St John Chrysostom, who wrote, “Find the door of your heart and you will discover it is the door to the Kingdom of God.” You may listen to a recording of the sonnet by clicking the player below. The door of…
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Someday
I have wedding on the brain as our eldest is getting married this weekend. In this poem, I imagine both the experience of my wife and my daughter who may one day be sitting in the seat of her mother and what that may be like for her. One day…
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Submission Could Ever Be
Because of abuse, there is justified concern about teaching on the subject of submission as it relates to the Christian life and Christian marriage. Submission as I understand it, is a gift even as it is a discipline. In times of trouble when pain and confusion overwhelm, submission is a gift.…
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A Bond Greater
for Lucy Higgs Nichols. I came across the story of Lucy Nichols while doing genealogy research on family who lived in New Albany, Indiana. My Great-Great-Great-Great Uncle Andrew served in the 66th Indiana Infantry and worked following the war to establish the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) in Indiana. I stumbled…
Backward Mutters 