Sep 24, 2019 | Character of God, Poems, Prayer
I would never call myself a poet. However, every so often, God stirs my heart to write a poem. Usually I write them in response to either heartache for our broken world or praise for our glorious God – or both. I wrote this poem about five years ago while...
Apr 19, 2019 | Evil & Satan & Sin, Poems, Suffering
Good Friday is upon us. A time when we are reminded that we live in a hurting world. A world where Christians are persecuted and imprisoned for their faith. Where children and adults are enslaved in human trafficking. Where innumerable little ones are lost to abortion...
Mar 27, 2019 | Courage, Evil & Satan & Sin, Follow Christ (Count the Cost), Poems
Not that long ago, I watched a movie called Lion, based on a true story about a young boy from India who was separated from his parents, and after a harrowing few months on the streets, was adopted by a couple in Australia. Although the child escaped the worst of...
Feb 1, 2019 | Abortion and Healing, Poems, Sanctity of Life
Last week I shared a poem called, A Mother’s Lament, a Psalm-styled poem expressing my grief over the child I lost to abortion so many years ago. This week, I want to share the counterpart to that poem, A Mother’s Hope. Unlike the lament, this poem...
Jan 26, 2019 | Abortion and Healing, Poems, Sanctity of Life
Thirty-five years ago, I lost my only child to abortion. When I read of the increasing “celebration” of abortion in our world today, I am so grieved that I simply have no words. But then I remember a time when God did give me words, soul-searching words of grief for...
Aug 21, 2018 | Book and Movie Reviews, Evil & Satan & Sin, Fear & Doubt, Theology
Last night, I went to see the movie “Interview with God,” which is centered on the life of Paul Asher, a young Christian journalist who begins to question his faith after spending time in war-torn Afghanistan. Paul receives an invitation to engage in three 30-minute...
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