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Majesty Mediator And Messiah
$11.99Add to cart“Majesty, Mediator, and Messiah” is a book of poems which magnifies Jesus Christ as Lord, Savior, and the object of the author’s adoration. Readers will enjoy the wit and wisdom of these poetic gems and appreciate the diligent study which was undertaken to paraphrase some of the most well-known Biblical passages. This book will be a fun read for lovers of poetry, but even more for those who love Jesus as the Lord and the Bible as His word. Majesty, Mediator, and Messiah contains 105 poems written over an eight year span. The literary genre of poetry is utilized in this book to paraphrase Biblical accounts, proclaim the Lord’s sovereignty, personalize relationship with Christ, and predicate Jesus’ salvation through fiction. The author truly uses the written word to glory the living Word in each poem and manifests that every good gift (including literary gifts) comes from above (James 1:17).
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Wild Things : Poems Of Grief And Love Loss And Gratitude
$13.99Add to cartHow does a person tolerate the intolerable, bear the unbearable? For Roberta Bondi, a more specific question arose. “How will I continue my life when my mother is not in it?” As Bondi put pen to paper, she gave voice to her grief – and created a resource for others who grieve. She articulates her pain so others can know that they are not crazy in their emotions, that they can live beyond the grief and pain and find a measure of comfort. Bondi loses a physical presence but comes to find her mother’s presence in new ways in her life. Just as the “light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it” (John 1:5), Bondi shines a light on the dark face of grief, reminding us of God’s enduring love.
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Psalms Redux : Poems And Prayers
$16.99Add to cartThese striking poems take the powerful themes of the Psalms and transpose them from a distant and ancient culture to a contemporary one with recognizable images and metaphors. Combining raw honesty with beauty and depth, they explore every human experience from rage at life’s cruelty to joy at life’s blessings.
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Life Lines : Poems Of Faith And Hope
$19.99Add to cartDr. Atwater is married to Dr. Beverly Roberts-Atwater a medical doctor and a licensed psychologist. They met at Michigan State University, and the poem “Boundless Love” describes their commitment to each other. It is to Beverly that this book is dedicated. Dr. Atwater gives God the glory and praise for all of the many blessings in his life. And, he hopes that this book will be a blessing to you.
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Life Lines : Poems Of Faith And Hope
$10.99Add to cartDr. Atwater is married to Dr. Beverly Roberts-Atwater a medical doctor and a licensed psychologist. They met at Michigan State University, and the poem “Boundless Love” describes their commitment to each other. It is to Beverly that this book is dedicated. Dr. Atwater gives God the glory and praise for all of the many blessings in his life. And, he hopes that this book will be a blessing to you.
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Winter Wind : One Year Of Passages And Poems
$13.49Add to cartPoetry gives you a concise and heightened sense of reality according to author, poet and “romantic rationalist” Tom Despard. Here each poem “wrestles” with a single Bible verse to unearth its nugget of truth and flush out deeper layers of meaning — provoking fresh spiritual introspection and responses.
Winter Wind awakens the imagination in fifty-two weekly Scripture passages set against teaching and touching poetry and timely “Sharpening the Soul” challenging questions that will encourage you in your journey through the year. This collection is interactive and thought and emotion provoking. From its concluding poem “Runner’s Race”:
How will an elegy verse my life?
An overcomer of struggles and strife?
A knower and lover of the Lord?
A Word-doer wielding Spirit’s sword?
Run the race coursing Heaven’s track,
Run the race as if done, looking back.
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Love Nature Faith And Cowboys
$15.49Add to cartLove. Nature. Faith. Cowboys. Subjects of inspiration and wonder. Much could be said on any one of them: how they make us feel, how they change our perceptions of our world and of ourselves, how they fill us with hopes and dreams, and how our world is better for us having experienced them. Yes, even the cowboys.
Normally, an author would focus on a single topic, in the hopes of conveying a message. But, in love, nature, faith…and cowboys, Stephen M. Nichols shares four themes which, though disparate, lend themselves to his unique brand of poetry. Together, they share some common elements of interest and involvement to which most readers can relate.
You are invited to peruse the poetic thoughts and musing of Stephen M Nichols. May you be inspired, reminded of wonder, provoked to thought, and be moved by the emotions contained within his words.
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Artists Touch : Poetry Stories And Illustrations
$13.99Add to cartThe author’s first published poetry was sparked by special sermons that resulted in awards from the International Society of Poets. As a writer, through poetry and letters to friends and loved ones, Kathryn’s priority is to “keep in touch” and respond to those who need encouragement in their lives. This is how “An Artist’s Touch” came to be. It is not a big book, but is filled with the love of art and creativity.
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Journey And Destiny
$14.49Add to cartBetween the pages of Journey and Destiny you will discover all the elements of a great read!
The substance of life that so compels each of us is lavished upon every page.
This book peers into laughter, love, query, tears, wisdom, trial and triumph with wide hopeful eyes.For these are the rails, that lays the road for each journey, and helps to lead us, all together separate, to our unique magnificent destiny!
May you be inspired and know always that life is a journey to be treasured. May you be healed, may your disappointments be the soil you plant your faith seeds in. May joy, light, wisdom, and understanding be the fruit of those seeds. May victory be the harvest! May you be restored, I mean truly salvaged, for there is nothing broken that cannot be fixed. There is nothing lost that isn’t found…
Your best life is Now! Look up and be made whole, knowing that nothing you have experienced has the power to determine your destiny. It’s only a part of the journey.
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Poetic Short Stories
$23.49Add to cartThis book will inspire you to think and act differently by introducing you to a unique form of poetry called, “Poetic Short Stories”. Each metaphorical verse will ebb and flow through your heart and penetrate the very depth of your soul.
The reader will feel inspired, enlightened, and free to discuss the content and messages throughout each poetic story with family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and others.
Moreover, this book is a compilation of life’s similar experiences, yet unique to each individual. If you find yourself thinking, wow…this is me or I know someone like the character reflected, then, this book has achieved one of its many purposes which is to stretch the reader to love deeper, laugh heartily, listen actively, think carefully, reflect often, meditate daily, communicate honestly, and most of all to act fairly.
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Poetic Short Stories
$12.49Add to cartThis book will inspire you to think and act differently by introducing you to a unique form of poetry called, “Poetic Short Stories”. Each metaphorical verse will ebb and flow through your heart and penetrate the very depth of your soul.
The reader will feel inspired, enlightened, and free to discuss the content and messages throughout each poetic story with family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and others.
Moreover, this book is a compilation of life’s similar experiences, yet unique to each individual. If you find yourself thinking, wow…this is me or I know someone like the character reflected, then, this book has achieved one of its many purposes which is to stretch the reader to love deeper, laugh heartily, listen actively, think carefully, reflect often, meditate daily, communicate honestly, and most of all to act fairly.
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Glimpse Into My Life Through Prose And Poetry
$14.49Add to cartDuring my first years of school, I caught pure hell. I was bullied each and every day. Kids would attack me with “O dumb fly”; I would be standing, talking to some one and another person would pretend to smell me, then say ” he’s ate some shit because he stinks”! Then they would all run away from me. Just try to feel what I felt as a kid. Besides that, my cloths were tattered, faded and dyed. Same colored shirts and pants, but mine came from “GoodWill” and was either patched, sewed or faded. Coats had holes. Mama could only buy one pair of shoes for me/ no two, because I did have a dressed pair to wear to church, but my every day shoes were brogans. Brogans were black boots that had big steel taps on the front and the back of the soles. One could literally hear me coming from a block away.
I had a fight of some sort almost every day. Incidentally, my Mama enrolled me into Catholic School. (Light blue shirts dark blue pants and ties.). Had I been going to school in this day and time, I would have been a fashion statement. -
Idiot Psalms : New Poems
$21.00Add to cartA new collection from one of our favorite poets. Fourteen “Idiot Psalms,” surrounded by dozens of other poems, make this his most challenging collection yet.
“Idiot Psalm 1”
O God Beloved if obliquely so,
dimly apprehended in the midst
of this, the fraught obscuring fog
of my insufficiently capacious ken,
Ostensible Lover of our kind–while
apparently aloof–allow
that I might glimpse once more
Your shadow in the land, avail
for me, a second time, the sense
of dire Presence in the pulsing
hollow near the heart.
Once more, O Lord, from Your Enormity incline
your Face to shine upon Your servant, shy
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What Cannot Be Fixed
$16.00Add to cartWhat Cannot Be Fixed is anchored in the terrain of the broken world: the old Adam, the prodigal son, loneliness, exile, and Christ’s cries of abandonment on the cross. There is much that cannot be fixed, but in the midst of the loss are the flashes and glimmers of promise, of Advent, of reunion, the empty tomb, and grace. Words uncurl in Eve’s throat, the conductor raises his baton in that split second before the music begins, the blind see, the atheist heart patient hears God in the music of the recovery room. God is there, his shape sometimes difficult to discern, his words often whispers amidst the daily-ness of life. This collection of poems is about living the paradox: simul justus et peccator-the believer is both justified and a sinner. It is true that much of what we see and live cannot be fixed. And it is also true that the potter reworks the broken pot.
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Love Always Blooms
$10.99Add to cartOur ancestors left us golden legacies of classic poems that will always remain with us as constant companions. In our post modern age of global anxiety and confusion, what can be more soothing than a current variety of inspired poem?
“Love Always Blooms” is a variety that could be a glove-fit of comfort, encouragement and inspiration for a wide range of emotional and spiritual needs.
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Christian Poems : Thanks Be To God For His Unspeakable Gift II Corinthians
$12.49Add to cartChristian poems are about the main personalities in the Bible from Old Testament and New Testament. Other Christian themes are in short poem form to keep the attention of the reader be it young or otherwise to focus on Jesus Christ mission in this world. The poems were started in 2011, the four hundredth anniversary of the Authorized or King James Version of the Bible on which all poems are based.
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2nd Sky Poems
$14.00Add to cartIn Second Sky, Runyan intertwines the life and writings of the Apostle Paul with the spiritual journey of a modern suburban woman confronting the broken world. Second Sky wrestles with the deeply personal challenges presented in Paul’s letters and experiences: putting on the new self, burying oneself with Christ, and counting all as loss while driving through snowstorms, reading horrific headlines, and bathing the family dog. These are not simple poems of religious inspiration; they are steely encounters with the living God. Runyan invites us to work out our salvation in rusted Cadillacs, operating rooms, and packs of wild coyotes. Meanwhile, Paul runs from the collapsing walls of his prison cell toward shipwrecks and vipers, meeting us on our own roads to Damascus, the earth breaking open to a second sky of faith.
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Etched By Silence
$20.99Add to cartThis collection of poems by Wales’ most famous poet-priest, R S Thomas, is interspersed with short reflections and questions for exploration that connect the timeless poetry to the landscape that inspired it. Originally produced locally for visitors to the North Wales village and church where R S Thomas was the parish priest, its appeal extends to all who know and love the raw honesty and sparse, striking style of the poetry, and whose own faith and questions are mirrored in it.
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Haphazard By Starlight
$15.99Add to cartUnlike Lent, Advent is celebrated when the year is becoming darker and colder, moving into the death and dormancy of winter. Before we can greet the coming of the light, we need to engage with some themes that are challenging and occasionally fearful. Like the magi who travelled a long distance to search out and adore the infant Jesus, and who took some wrong turnings on the way, we too have a journey to undertake.
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Sorry For Your Troubles
$17.99Add to cartOne of the most engaging voices contemporary spirituality in is that of the Irish poet, Padraig OTuama. This second poetry collection arises out of a decade of his hearing stories of people who have lived through personal and political conflict in Northern Ireland, the Middle East and other places of conflict. These poems tell stories of individuals who have lived through conflict: their loves and losses, their hope and generosity. One poem, Shaking hands was written when Padraig witnessed the historic handshake between Queen Elizabeth II and Martin McGuinness, who has since used the poem publicly. The phrase Sorry for your troubles is used all over Ireland. It comes directly from an Irish phrase, yet Irish has no word for bereavement – the word used is troibloid. So the phrase would be better translated Sorry for your bereavements. With this in mind, this new book speaks evocatively about a time when thousands of people lost their lives and many thousands more lived through the searing pain of grief.
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Let A Shepherd Be Your Guide
$27.95Add to cartYou will feel the inspiration of Jesus when you read the poems in this book. The poet points to a lifelong love of limericks as the influence behind his poetic endeavors. They are religious, largely inspired by his Christian upbringing. Although his first poem was written at the age of eighty-two, a desire to share his love for Jesus poetically has resulted in a large collection of poems not only about Jesus but also about everyday events in the long life of a dedicated Christian. The poet follows strict rules, so all the poems rhyme and are constructed that they make excellent lyrical and metrical subjects for reading to others.
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Reflections : A Book Of Poems Of Love Faith And Hope
$14.99Add to cartOriginally from the Republic of Panama, Central America. He moved to the United States to continue graduate studies.
Over the years, he has gained experience in public administration, political science, education, health services, and public health.
His poems have been published in several anthologies.
Poems are a reflection of life in our culture, as seen through events, personal experiences, observations and testimonies. No matter what the situation may be, lives can be transformed, peace and joy received, by the grace, mercy and compassion of Almighty God. This is illustrated in the pages of this book.
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Within This Tree Of Bones New And Selected Poems
$24.00Add to cartWritten over five decades, these poems begin fixed in the human condition, our common experience of an imperfect world. Slowly, under the aegis of the Spirit, they move toward a brighter vision of things: they ask us to ”dream in that fecund darkness until all shapes are shining.” Poetry offers us an experience of union with the alarming and enthralling world we live in, as well as glimpses of what transcends it and is beyond language. It reminds us that all is connected and supports the hope that light will triumph. The author trusts that these poems may do the same as they explore the chain of being from animal to human, from serpent to angel–and that joy is the final dominant note.
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Readings From The Book Of Exile
$17.99Add to cartOne of the most intriguing and engaging voices at Greenbelt is that of the Irish poet, Padraig O Tuama and this is his first, long-awaited poetry collection. Hailing from the Ikon community in Belfast and working closely with its founder, the bestselling writer Pete Rollins, Padraigs poetry interweaves parable, poetry, art, activism and philosophy into an original and striking expression of faith. He recently toured the UK and the US with Pete Rollins Insurrection tour. US hosts included Brian McLaren and Rob Bell. Padraigs poems are accessible, memorable profound and challenging. They emerge powerfully from a context of struggle and conflict and yet are filled with hope.
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Grammar Of Poetry Teacher (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartThis is the ideal introductory text for students and teachers discovering the art of poetry. As a “grammar,” it teaches the fundamentals of poetry from scansion and rhyme to more advanced concepts like spatial poetry and synecdoche. Using the classical methodology of imitation (advocated by educators like Quintilian and Benjamin Franklin), this text makes students become active participants as they learn the craft of writing poems. It also offers practical tips and helps, including how to use a rhyming dictionary, how great writers use figures of speech effectively, and even when to break the rules of poetry. Its goal is to show students how to capably interact not just with poems, but with language in any situation.
Developed and used at Logos School with great success, the thirty lessons in Grammar of Poetry contain instruction on ten powerful tropes, student activities for every chapter, riddles to solve, a glossary of terms, a list of over 150 quality poems to integrate, and real-life examples from Shakespeare to traditional tongue twisters. It is designed for a semester at the 6-9th grade level, but is perfectly appropriate for anyone with basic writing skills and the desire to learn poetry.
This Teacher’s Edition contains a final exam, instructions on using the text and grading poetry, and ideas for additional assignments, as well as answers to the exercises found in the Student Edition. For more resources, see the Grammar of Poetry DVD course.
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Fruit Of The Spirit
$12.49Add to cartWe receive the Holy Spirit when we become a child of God and as Christians we need to learn to walk in the Spirit. The Fruit of the Spirit is a refreshing and unique collection of poems that equip believers to know who we are in Christ and to walk in the power and authority of the Spirit. Each chapter introduces an insightful selection on an aspect of the nine virtues of the Holy Spirit. The poems add a practical dimension and application for believers seeking to know and grow and become more Christlike. The extraordinary way in which the poems are arranged, elucidates how essential it is for the indwelling presence of the Spirit and to develop these characteristics. The Fruit of the Spirit will motivate Christians to flourish, mature and be in tune with the Holy Spirit, drawing from the Spirit’s life-giving power [John 7:37-39]. Read and be inspired to keep on living for Christ. In spite of adverse circumstances, being furnished with the Fruit of the Spirit will help us to persevere for the ultimate goal of eternal life in Christ Jesus.
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Voice Of One Woman
$13.49Add to cartThe Voice of One Woman is the first book By Adepero Mettabel Okulaja , MD, a practicing internal medicine physician in Bloomington, Minnesota. It is best described as an anthology of poems, prose, original quotes, anecdotes and messages, referencing relevant biblical scriptures. It primarily deals with self-image and how to embrace who you are, and all of who you are and believe that you are “fearfully and wonderfully made”.
This work was borne out of the experiences that shaped her life, particularly those that led her to accept herself as the woman God created her to be. Passionate living and bold femininity are explored through poetry and prose in this text. Be prepared to change as you contemplate scripture and the musings of the author.
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Imago Dei : Poems From Christianity And Literature
$17.99Add to cartImago Dei brings together a collection of poets who merge faith, literature, and art as a form of worship and inspiration.
An anthology of the best poems published in the journal Christianity and Literature over the past sixty years, Imago Dei brings together in one volume poetry which exemplifies the richness and variety of the art. These poems find beauty in the concrete and particular, but they also ask the big questions: Why do we exist? Who is God? Where do we find God? What does the Incarnation mean? When does God speak to us, and why is God silent?
These poets all have in common an awareness of human experience as part of a grand narrative, of the Imago Dei embedded in human nature, and of the sense of connection to something much larger than themselves. These are poems written from within a theological tradition, though they are not necessarily traditional in form or expression. They upset the usual in their originality; they are Worded words, connected to our earthly life but pointed toward the Kingdom of God; they are redemptive words made flesh.
Included in the over one hundred poets represented here are Wendell Berry, Mark Jarmon, Jeanne Murray Walker, Dana Gioa, Martha Serpas, Luci Shaw, and Robert Siegel. All of the poets in this collection grapple with what Imago Dei means for them as readers, writers, artists, teachers, and students.
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Blessed By The Best
$10.99Add to cartThe poetic verses in this book express some of my beliefs on how faith in God can turn things around when dealing with life’s ups and downs. I have shared these verses with many in the course of my duties as a spiritual counselor. I use many of them on a daily basis to remind people about the power of God and his word. Although they are original verses, they are spiritually inclined, inspired by the Bible. They are designed to provide courage and strength as we encounter life’s trial and tribulations. This book is the result of the encouragement and inspiration he has received to publish his works.
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All Creation Sings
$9.95Add to cartHave you ever seen something so beautiful in God’s created world that it took your breath away? These poems are an expression of joy and gratitude to the God who has inspired me through the days of my life by the beauty of His created world. He is the one who has opened my eyes to see His attributes expressed in the world. May you see Him in new and different ways, drawing you closer to Him. May you hear Him speak words of encouragement and peace, bringing you comfort. May joy fill you to overflowing, strengthening you and enabling you to worship and praise the God of all creation.
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Elfin Knight (Revised)
$20.00Add to cartIntroduction
Preface
Canto I
Fairy Tales
Bury The Hatchet
Canto II
Off To Bed With You
Canto III
Riddle Me This
Canto IV
Guyon
What Do You Know?
Canto V
On Guard!
Canto VI
What’s The Story?
Canto VII
Can You Dig It?
Canto VIII
Take The Field
Canto IX
Angels
Do Your Worst
Canto X
You’re History
Canto XI
Off With His Head!
Canto XII
Unicorns
Let Grill Be Grill
Appendix: A PlayAdditional Info
Edmund Spenser (1559-99) has earned the title ‘the poet’s poet’ because of the high poetry of his epic and because so many great poets, including Milton, Dryden, Tennyson, and Keats, cut their poetic teeth on The Faerie Queene.The hero of Book II is Sir Guyon, the knight of Temperance. But do not let that throw you. This is not a poem about teetotalism. As C.S. Lewis puts it, The Faerie Queene ‘demands of us a child’s love of marvels and dread of bogies, a boy’s thirst for adventures, a young man’s passions for physical beauty.
Following in the wake of Roy Maynard’s Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves, Toby Sumpter’s notes are insightful and humorous making this great Christian epic poem accessible for modern readers. The Elfin Knight makes an excellent choice as a homeschool or classroom text.
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Dared To Be Me
$15.49Add to cartDared To Be Me is a reflection of a damaged soul, a darkened state of being, and the affects of rebellion due to pain. It expresses hope, through Jesus Christ. The problem is finding the way back to His marvelous light. It is a lifestyle captured through poetry, expressing feelings of despair, anger, bitterness, and loss. It attempts to reveal the importance of love, but beyond that the misery of disconnection. However, when God is revealed and salvation is granted, the reality becomes His will. Past experience of rebellion is replaced with joy and obedience. Recognition, at last, to live life God’s way!
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God Simple Poems To You 1
$15.49Add to cartThis collection of poems were written to reach those that have little or no time to read novels and other books. God Simple Poems to you is filled with inspiring words and great advice to assist any individual with daily living.
Despite the simplicity of the poems, the messages are strong and powerful and will hopefully make a difference in the life of the reader.
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From A Legend And Kingdom Of Darkness Into Poems Of Hope
$26.99Add to cartA tremendous testimony of God’s grace and love that ultimately births and inspires poems of hope. Antionette Campbell clearly displays her gift of writing. This will offer insight to those who may be walking through similar situations or simply facing obstacles in life. Victory is imminent and God is given the glory. A great mixture of story and inspirational poetry that will keep you reading until the end. This will be the first of many great books to come. -Laura Goncalves… Antionette Campbell’s life is a testimony of God’s grace and love to Deuteronomy 4:29-31. I’ll paraphrase it. If you truly seek God with your heart and soul; and when troubles come to you, in future days, if you’ll come back to God and listen to His voice. He won’t abandon you to ruin or forget the covenant He swore to your ancestors. -Lorraine Lambright
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When The Power Of Christ Compels You
$13.49Add to cartFrom the Author:
My book is for anyone who is struggling to make it thru the storm. It helps to build up their confidence in the word of Jesus Christ. Always remember there is still daylight after every dark storm. Prayer and worshiping is the key to God’s heart, because God is love, And God’s love is what every soul needs in order to achieve.
Hopefully, my book will help you see this. Enjoy it.
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Provoking Thoughts In Poetry
$15.49Add to cartTHIS PRICELESS BOOK OF POETRY IS SIMPLE A POETICAL MASTERPIECE. THE AUTHOR “MIKE THORPE” SKILLFULLY BLENDS LIFE’S ISSUES AND REALITIES WITHIN HIS ART AND DELIVERS EACH POEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT EACH READER WILL IDENTIFY, CONNECT AND BE FULLY SATISFIED. MICHAEL’S BELIEF THAT POETRY IS ENTERTAINING, POETRY IS THERAPEUTIC, POETRY IS HEALING, POETRY CAN CONNECT MIND AND SOUL THROUGH ART IS SURELY ILLUSTRATED IN THIS BOOK AS HE BUNDLES VARIOUS POEMS TOGETHER IN ONE REFRESHINLY APPETIZING AND FILLING POT OF RHYMES.
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From Advents Alleluia To Easters Morning Light
$19.00Add to cartWeems’s lyrical poetry is a reminder to us all of the importance of true discipleship. She challenges us to look past the ongoing distractions of the “busy work” of church meetings and socials, new programs and technology, and inevitable conflict, while reminding us in her singularly expressive voice that the “institution” of the church is, at heart, quite simply all about Jesus.
This collection of poems, written to be used in worship, in personal devotions, and in discussions, is organized to follow the liturgical year from Advent through Easter.
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Morning Prayers : Today You Are Blessed
$12.49Add to cartAs you randomly read these poems and believe the Lord will speak to your heart for that particular day, you will be directed, blessed, and strengthened as you face each day. You will discover what it takes to experience the wonderful blessings as we walk with the Lord daily. Hope and faith will come into our hearts as we meditate upon these words which were divinely inspired.
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I Envy Birds
$27.99Add to cartMy father, Joe B. Chapman, was shuffled from town to town during his childhood as his father followed work on the pipeline. He saw many places and met many people. Texas A&M was the college of his choice and where he earned a degree in Industrial Engineering. His education enabled him to pursue a career which enabled him to see what was once considered the far and exotic reaches of the earth. Not only did my father obtain the knowledge found in books, but he saw the mysteries of other cultures. By human standards, you could say that my dad, although not of noble birth, was influential in his field and has great wisdom. (I Corinthians 1:25-31) these verses teach us, the foolish things of the world can confound the wise. Daddy understands this truth and he has kept his eyes on the Lord and trusted in the Lord’s wisdom and guidance throughout his life. When he tells stories of his travels in the past, he does not boast of the things he has seen or done, but he boasts of what the Lord has allowed him to see and experience as well as the protection He has afforded my dad. By God’s standards, my dad is of noble birth. He is covered in the righteousness of Jesus, which makes him a joint heir in all that God has and loves to give to His children. What my dad wants you to know, and tells you through his poetry is that you too can be a child of The King. You can be redeemed and sanctified by God and you too can boast in the Lord. Written by Pamela Chapman Barrett. (Joe’s Daughter)
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Glimpse Of Light
$22.99Add to cartBefore I gave my heart to Jesus Christ and received Him as my Lord and Savior,
I lived a life that reflected decisions made outside the will of God. Christianity
and salvation were the furthest thoughts from my mind, and I was happy living
for the moment. Even though my sins were not categorized by man as being
horrible sins worthy of punishment, nonetheless, in the sight of God, they were
sins worthy of His punishment and, yet, His forgiveness.
I wrote this book of poetry because I want you to know that Jesus is knocking
at the door of your heart (or someone that you know). He wants to lift you
from the darkness of sin and place you in the presence of the marvelous Light.
He wants to become the Rock of your foundation, the Head of your life, the
Redeemer of your sin, the Healer of your illness, and much, much more.
Receiving Him changed my life! Now He wants to change yours! -
Glimpse Of Light
$14.99Add to cartBefore I gave my heart to Jesus Christ and received Him as my Lord and Savior,
I lived a life that reflected decisions made outside the will of God. Christianity
and salvation were the furthest thoughts from my mind, and I was happy living
for the moment. Even though my sins were not categorized by man as being
horrible sins worthy of punishment, nonetheless, in the sight of God, they were
sins worthy of His punishment and, yet, His forgiveness.
I wrote this book of poetry because I want you to know that Jesus is knocking
at the door of your heart (or someone that you know). He wants to lift you
from the darkness of sin and place you in the presence of the marvelous Light.
He wants to become the Rock of your foundation, the Head of your life, the
Redeemer of your sin, the Healer of your illness, and much, much more.
Receiving Him changed my life! Now He wants to change yours! -
Heaven Sent Poems
$10.99Add to cartDear Reader:
What is the agenda that God has set for your life? How does one retain one’s faith while facing life’s vicissitudes? I received the answers to these questions in a unique way that I now share with you, praying that these messages will also enhance you spiritual growth. As a child I had little religious upbringing. However, I was always drawn to God’s words, strengthening my spiritual beliefs on my own by reading the Bible and praying. After my mother’s death, I joined a Methodist church and its college youth group where I met my husband.
We raised three children, then after living on a sailboat for three years, my husband and I divorced. I returned to California to be reunited with our three children, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and my twin sister.
I continued my spiritual growth by joining a church and two prayer groups. But extraordinary help came to me as I slept. I believed the Holy Spirit sent me the words to these poems, thus strengthening my faith even further.
I now share these poems with you, praying that they will also enrich you faith.
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Watching For The Kingfisher (Expanded)
$16.99Add to cart“From small beginnings as a self-published writer producing booklets in response to demand from people who attended her retreats or quiet days, Ann Lewin has gone on to be on of the most successful writers of prayers and reflective poetry. With the “”Inspire”” imprint closing in 2009, Canterbury Press welcomes this fine writer and is pleased to announce a new edition of Ann’s bestselling book, “”Watching for the Kingfisher””, named after her most well known poem about prayer. Ann draws many insights into the nature of prayer from her love of birdwatching, and images from the natural world and from scripture permeate her writing. Wit, warmth and economy of expression characterise her style.”
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Joy Filled Journey
$12.49Add to cartA Joy-filled Journey is a strong, powerful collection of Christian poems filled with hope, strength, and love that comes alive due to the awesome power of God. Masterfully written, each poem speaks to the mind, heart, and soul of readers with its uplifting message of love and joy a life with God can bring.
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Journey : Two Paths To Follow
$15.49Add to cartThe Journey is a collection of inspiring and heartwarming poems. Written with uncanny simplicity, Dr. Mbongo tackles profound and complex themes that have dogged humankind throughout its existence. Readers are compelled into invoking their own experiences on this journey.
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Echoes Of The Spirit
$17.99Add to cartThroughout most of his adulthood, Ken White’s life has been a series of ups and downs. The trials and tribulations he has experienced have found expression in his poetry, which will hopefully show others in similar circumstances that they are not alone, and that with God’s help, they can overcome. His areas of interest include poems: From the Spirit (Faith), Marriage and Divorce, Children’s poems, War, Jest for Fun, Potpourri (a medley of humorous and useful poetry), From My Pulpit; and Stories, Letters and Essays; all of which make for enjoyable and worthwhile reading.
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Mercies And Exhortations
$10.99Add to cartPoetry expresses the deepest of emotions. It reveals the passionate core of what the writer is feeling and thus is able to carry the reader to feel those same emotions. With both the words spoken and the unspoken words, it allows the reader to transcend and unite in those emotions. Just like a song can touch your heart and cause you to connect with it in such a way to say, “Wow, that is what I am feeling”; poetry also touches our hearts in that same way. This collection of poems has been written over a period of many years. As a collection it expresses one major theme-that God is faithful, full of mercy and grace even when the obstacles of life may have created pain, sorrow, or doubt. It displays the frailties of a human spirit that can be overcome when united with an all-powerful God of Love. In this, the poetry becomes a song of praise to a faithful God who truly knows the best plan for your life and mine.
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Notes From The Tilt A Whirl
$18.99Add to cartA visual, poetic exploration of the narrative nature of the world and the personality of the Poet behind it all. When Nate Wilson looks at the world around him, he asks “What is this place? Why is this place? Who approved it? Am I supposed to take it seriously?” What could such an outlandish, fantastical world say about its Creator? In these sparkling chapters, Wilson gives an aesthetic examination of the ways in which humanity has tried to make sense of this overwhelming carnival ride of a world. He takes a whimsical, thought-provoking look at everything from the “magic” of quantum physics, to nature’s absurdities, to the problem of evil, evolution and hell. These frequently humorous, and uniquely beautiful portraits express reality unknown to many Christians-the reality of God’s story unfolding around and among us. As the author says, “Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. His comedy. Let the pages flick your thumbs.”
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101 Poetic Collectibles
$13.49Add to cartMARTHA is known for composing a new Bible-inspired Christmas poem each December, sixty-six of them. She calls them Christmas Musings in this book. MARTHA also wrote other casual poems, thirty-five of them, of random inspiration she calls Various Mementos. So, MARTHA calls her book 101 POETIC COLLECTIBLES: – In The Chain of Years. Behold the gems of inspiration, as sparkling jewels, in 101 POETIC COLLECTIBLES: – In The Chain of Years. This two-part book of poems takes us into the joy MARTHA PAULINE BROWN had across the chain of years in writing poems, now, first to be read by others besides the friends and family who received a poem each December – 66 poems called Christmas Musings. In them we may observe prophetic Scripture fulfilled in the angelic announcement of God’s “IMPRINT.” Read how “a Savior is born for you, Christ the Lord!” See God’s Son rejected by man, crowned with thorns and wrapped in blood. In His transfer from the cross to the throne, He is Savior, Death’s Conqueror, Intercessor, Advocate to God and Coming King – for your receptive heart bringing “gems” of eternal value. Also, 101 POETIC COLLECTIBLES brings Martha’s 35 random poems as Various Mementos of casual souvenirs, each ending in climax coming from the soul of Martha’s poetic pen.
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Heartsrings : Journey Of The Heart
$29.99Add to cartTHIS IS NOT YOUR ORDINARY POETRY BOOK! The bold writing style, and the honesty and daring to address issues often controversial and emotional are readily evident here. You may easily find yourself identifying with the author, and perhaps feeling your own heart tapped into as you read. These writings are for you… you can “take it personal.” The writings in this first formal publication by this esteemed author contain life-lesson responses and heartsome poetry borne out of her own experiences, and the experiences and emotional effluence of countless others. The poetry within the pages of this book run the gamut from being expressive, therapeutic and remedial to amusing, revelatory and inspiring. HEARTSTRINGS: Journey of the Heart will bless you as: a warm hug to the heart, a soothing salve for the soul, and a booster-shot for the spirit.
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Beloved Come Closer
$15.49Add to cartThis book is designed to be used as a devotional to stimulate spiritual growth. It will demonstrate how scriptures can be used in our daily walk with God and acquaint the reader with more scriptures. It can also be just relaxing reading after a busy day. For the person who is seeking to know the Lord better, this book will be a great inspiration. The poems will refresh your spirit and bring you closer to God.
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Mill Grinds Fine
$12.95Add to cartThe prose poems of Helen Alderfer showcased in this book are vignettes from her life as one of the earliest Mennonite women writers. She shows us the inside story of earlier times, tells the tales of a modern maturity, celebrates the natural world, and exalts the quest for the eternal.
From birth through death as well as in between and beyond, Alderfer grieves, celebrates, articulates, and honors – without simplistically resolving – the mysteries of existence.
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Proverbs From The Poet Preacher
$18.99Add to cartJust as the biblical book of Proverbs reveals the wisdom of an ancient king of Israel who dedicated himself to Jehovah in his youth, so too this book presents the wit and wisdom of a modern school teacher and church leader who committed himself to Christ at the age of seven. Compiled, arranged, and edited by Ralph Vile’s eldest son, John, this book contains some 2,500 of Ralph’s aphorisms from a fifty-year period, arranged under more than 200 topics covering the range of practical and spiritual living. A unique mix of universal truths and deeply held personal opinions from a man with a good sense of humor who loves both rhymes and paradoxical word plays, this book will amuse, challenge, and inspire general readers as it provides insights, illustrations, and reflections for pastors and speakers.
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Watching Children Follow The Spirit
$15.49Add to cart“…and a little child will lead them.” -Isaiah 11:6 Inspired by the words and revelations of his own children, author Peter Domencic leads us on a forty-day spiritual walk certain to deepen our faith and aid in our paths to “lasting peace, love and joy.” Having been a “skeptical and reluctant Christian for years,” this husband, father and teacher was gradually driven to seek the source behind the surprising and profound truths uttered by his two young boys. His miraculous journey ultimately led him to become a follower of Jesus and to write this book. Through its refreshing blend of daily scripture meditations, poems, and the words of his sons, Watching Children Follow the Spirit stirs the soul and lights a pathway to God with the simple wisdom and innocence that shines only from children.
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Silent Voices
$10.99Add to cartHope Harder has listened to the silent voices of the universe. She speaks, in this collection of forty ethereal poems, for the seasons, the elements and the seas, and tells the reader what they have told her. She has discovered that the secret is to learn to listen for silent voices. They are always there – waiting for an audience.
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Gods Wonderful Gift
$15.99Add to cartGod’s Wonderful Gift is a collection of inspirational poetry by Doris N. Hunt. Her poems or God’s poems as she will tell you, are a collaboration that has spanned many years. Starting out as just scribbles on pieces of paper, envelopes and yes church bulletins this wonderful collection is now available together for all to enjoy and proves that you are never too old to fulfill a dream. May God bless you and warm your hearts as you read them.
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We Are The Branches
$16.99Add to cartThrough poems, prayers and promises, We Are The Branches takes you on a personal, twenty-four-year journey beginning in misunderstanding, doubt, resistance and unbelief. It leads you through the tough process of being humbled by life and loss, and then, to the surprising, healing and liberating experience of meeting Jesus. The impact of that encounter leads you along as an intimate relationship is formed between Jesus and the author, as her perspective of Him and everything else changes, and how this new way of seeing affects her marriage, family, past issues and even daily problem solving. You will be inspired as she shares the new meaning and purpose in her life while shifting from the world’s view to God’s way of seeing everything. You will get the feeling, at times, that you are witnessing intimate conversations between God and one of His children, as each poem is followed by God’s own words. This book is infused with challenges to any unbelieving reader to open their hearts and minds to the one thing they have been conditioned against, while it poignantly describes the very essence of what it is like to be truly free.
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Mountain Move
$15.49Add to cartMountain Move! is a powerful compilation of biblically-inspired poetry that will build your faith, resurrect hope and strengthen your walk with the Lord! More than just inspirational words, the poetry in Mountain Move! is a great devotional and study guide with references to story after story of witnesses to God’s faithfulness to save, deliver and restore His children! The scripture references and devotional format make Mountain Move! a handy reference to locate just the scriptures you need to find peace in the midst of your storms and build faith to move every mountain in your life! No doubt, your faith will be strengthened by meditating on the words in Mountain Move! These biblically-inspired writings exhort the reader.
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Collection Of 101 Poems
$13.49Add to cartCarolyn Gorman was born in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, where the family had established its roots many years before. Growing up in a rural area, by a beautiful lake provided for a wonderful childhood full of memories which Carolyn was able to draw on for her inspiration. She writes about life’s journey from her experiences, her love of nature is recalled from childhood adventures, and she is able to show sensitivity to the human spirit and her love of God throughout her poetry. The picture of Carolyn is by Photography West of Kelowna, BC.
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Astonishments : Selected Poems Of Anna Kamienska
$21.00Add to cartKamieska came of age during the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Poland and lived under the oppression of Communism. These experiences, and the sudden death of her husband, led her to engage with the Bible and the great religious thinkers of the 20th century.
Her poems record the struggles of a rational mind with religious faith, addressing loneliness and uncertainty in a direct, unsentimental manner. While exploring the meaning of loss and grief, and the yearning for love, Kamienska’s poetry still expresses a quiet humor and a pervasive sense of gratitude for human existence and for a myriad of creatures: hedgehogs, birds, and “young leaves willing to open up to the sun.”
In the quiet space of Kamieska’s poems “the tenderness of things enfolds you” and words speak as eloquently as the silence.
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Prescriptions : Theraputic Poems For The Healing Of Depression
$15.99Add to cart“Prescriptions” is a self-help book which combines poems to help heal depression with a discussion of the causes of depression and how to overcome it. It can be read straight through to gain a broad-based understanding of treating depression or readers can select poems with specific therapeutic qualities. It is written for those who are or have been depressed in reaction to repeated disappointments, relationship demise, family discord, loss, spiritual warfare, aloneness, and overwhelming stress. The prescriptions may be used to help others or to prevent the occurrence or reoccurrence of depression. Each poem relates to a common experience of depression and suggests strategies and behaviors to quarantine and reverse various types of depression. Readers can do this by identifying with the subject of the poem or gaining inspiration by following the positive suggestions and internalizing the messages of hope nestled within each poem. Many are excellent daily affirmations.
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Poems That Propel The Planet
$26.49Add to cartThe love of people must surpass our love of power. We must remember we are all interrelated and interconnected as one. None of us are as strong as all of us. Together we all accomplish more. Divided we fall apart and destroy ourselves. There is nothing new under the sun. Wars have been fought throughout time. Peacemakers however who transcended the killing instinct and unified people have proven to be timeless. Their words still speak to us today providing wisdom and guidance. Love for humanity moved great liberators, reformers, and pioneers throughout history. Much can be learned from them. In a world where competition and negativity thrive, we need fresh inspiration to empower us. Where consumerism, consumption, and corporation nation have captivated us, we need truth to cut us free. Geopolitically the self-willed foreign policy of nations has caused much evil. The American way has led to unnecessary deaths throughout the globe. It is time politicians seek the global good rather than plundering the planet for petrodollars and arms contracts. The power of disagreement provides enlightenment, while challenging our ideological orbit. When ultimatums replace options and alternatives, the power of diplomacy is severed along with our international influence. Constructive dialogue however paves the way for reconciliation and peaceable conflict resolution. Military invasion and occupation creates rather than eliminates terrorism. Militaristic campaigns never win the battle for the hearts and minds of humanity, neither do they provide for posterity a meaningful legacy. Love, liberation, and reconciliation is what the world needs.
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Like Trees Walking
$13.95Add to cartJane Sigloh interweaves the insights of Scripture, poetry, fiction, and philosophy into her memories and reflections on the challenges and opprotunities that maturity brings. Dip into any of these essays and find a refreshing perspective, a humorous anecdote, or an intimate confession that will ring true to your own experience.
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Redeeming Time : T.S. Eliots Four Quartets
$19.95Add to cartThis exploration of T.S. Eliot’s last major poem, Four Quartets, examines the poem’s potential to transform readers’ faith journeys. Kramer shows that the power of Four Quartets is its ability to create a dynamic interaction between the poem and the reader that promotes a genuine connection with the natural world, with others, and with the Divine.
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100 Poems For Jesus
$14.99Add to cartHave you ever wondered where God was when you needed Him or if He even cares? Are you struggling, or know someone who is, with understanding why God would allow His children to experience suffering and despair in their lives? Join the author on a magnificent journey of spiritual healing and discovery. Take a walk with God through this book and discover God’s ultimate design for your life. You will find, through these inspired poems, how the author was taken from a state of despair to a new understanding of God’s qualities, and to a renewed faith in His purposes and His ways.
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Run Shepherds Run
$16.95Add to cartThe Advent season is filled with rich themes that have fascinated poets. In Run, Shepherds, Run, Bill Countryman presents a poem a day for devotional reading during Advent and theTwelve Days of Christmas. Readers will find classic poets they know and love, including George Herbert, John Donne, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as well as contemporary poets, known and unknown.
Run, Shepherds, Run includes helpful hints for reading poetry, for those who have less experience reading it than others, as well as useful annotations to help readers with older language that may not have easily apparent meanings for today’s readers.
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My Walk With Jesus
$16.49Add to cartThis book documents my walk of faith, which began after giving my life to Jesus. In September 2001, I was led to record the poetic words I was given. This book incorporates three years of writing. It reveals a very intimate view of my personal relationship with the living God in journal form. I believe that it is my responsibility to share this poetry. My prayer is that this book glorifies the Lord. My hope is that it will strengthen the believer and encourage the non-believer to ask some soul-searching questions.
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Ordering Of Love
$21.00Add to cart“In a brilliant marriage of myth and manner, histories sacred and profane, prayers of petition and of praise, these poems both articulate and illumine the trouble in the gap in which we live-the gap between human affections and Divine Love. L’Engle is unfailing in her willingness to see through-not around-human suffering, and in so doing announces no final severing of spirit and flesh but an enduring vision of resurrection in that crux, in the cross, in the One in Whom all things meet, continuing.”
-Scott Cairns, author of Slow Pilgrim and Philokalia: New and Selected Poems“I love L’Engle’s poetry for the way it incarnates not only the great Truths of the faith, but all the little truths of our ordinary existence-our working and playing and loving and fighting and dreaming and idling and all the rest of it-and for the way it shows us that those big and little truths should not, cannot, be separated.”
-Carolyn Arends, recording artist and author“Why is L’Engle one of the defining poets of our time? Because when life hurts, she does not shrink from the wounds. She clarifies the murk with hope as we feel the lift of grace.”
-Calvin Miller, Beeson Divinity School
Birmingham, Alabama“We are, all of us, the richer for this carefully crafted and prayerfully rendered collection.”
-Phyllis Tickle, Author, The Divine Hours“Poetry, at least the kind I write, is written out of immediate need; it is written out of pain, joy, and experience too great to be borne until it is ordered into words. And then it is written to be shared.”
-Madeleine L’EngleMadeleine L’Engle’s writing has always translated the invisible and intricate qualities of love into the patterns and rhythms of visible life. Now, with compelling language and open-hearted vulnerability, The Ordering of Love brings together the exhaustive collection of L’Engle’s poetry for the first time.
This volume collects nearly 200 of L’Engle’s original poems, including eighteen that have never before been published. Reflecting on themes of love, loss, faith, and beauty, The Ordering of Love gives vivid and compelling insight into the language of the heart.
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Echoes : From The Heart Inspired By Life And Gods Love That Whisper Of Yest
$15.49Add to cartOne day, an angel rested on my shoulder and began whispering in my ear. Days and nights ran together as the words poured from my thoughts onto paper. Poetry is a way of expressing my innermost thoughts to touch the hearts and souls of strangers, as well as those I love. Thoughts echoed in this poetry epitomize expressions of inspiration. These verses are generated from random thoughts, comments from others, images portrayed, or creative reflections of feelings to warm the heart and lift the spirit. The poetry in this book offers simple expression as a means for sharing true feelings from the heart-down-to-earth, without restriction, with simplicity, of a fundamental nature, and with God’s blessing.
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Waters Under The Earth
$12.00Add to cartThe London Times LS described Robert Siegel’s poetry as “unpretentious versatility” like “returning to the mainland after a tour of the islands.” In this latest collection of poems, Siegel brings his remarkable range and technical mastery to bear on the mysteries of creation-wolves, slugs, moles, fireworks, mowing-all through a haunting a weave of mythical themes.
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Road Of Life
$21.95Add to cartIn his thirteen years as Vicar, popular author David Adam welcomed over 1 million pilgrims to the Holy Island of Lindesfarne in Northumberland. Each pilgrim had a story to tell and each came for a different reason. Some radiated a sense of God’s presence, and others were simply too hurried to do anything but look around quickly and move on to the next site.
Using the stories of pilgrims Adam encountered on Holy Island, he explores how we can approach our own lives as pilgrimage, without ever leaving the comfort of our homes. How can we move beyond what is safe in our world and encounter the Mystery? How can we learn to disconnect from all the technology that keeps us multi-tasking all day and all night? How can we rediscover awe in the world around us?
In the wonderful prose and poetry for which he is so well-loved, David Adam helps us get on the road of life, even when we don’t have time to travel to distant lands.
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Slender Grace
$21.99Add to cartA Slender Grace is Rod Jellema’s first collection of poetry since his highly praised The Eighth Day appeared almost twenty years ago. In this volume, which consists of 67 poems, almost all of them new, Jellema confronts a culture that loves bigness with poems that notice what is slender – the thin lines, the threads by which some things hang, the narrow crevices through which divine grace offers to reconcile humans to each other and to the Creator.
These beautifully crafted pieces are not “religious poems” in the usual sense. As Jellema explains, “These poems individually are not spiritual message-bearers. Still, it is inevitable that my belief in a beautiful world that is broken and divinely redeemed – though I am not preaching about it – should be evident throughout.” And it is, as Jellema takes a second, deeper look at such things as green beans in all their glory, a lovesick lonely young man in a Laundromat, and his own sense of the world while snorkeling in the Red Sea.
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Tumbling Grounds
$21.99Add to cartTumbling Grounds touches deeply on the joy and grief inherent in the drama of human existence. It is a collection that will make your mind soar and your heart sing, and subsequently bring tears of joy to your eyes. This is poetry at its best: a rich literary diet for the soul, the spirit, and the body. Take a bite-it will be worth it. “I have been both fortunate and privileged to have edited this work. Dr. Aku’s imagery is extraordinary, and his subject matter ranges from a simple leaf, floating downward towards the ground, to the maelstrom of emotional conflict. “It has been most gratifying. I wish to thank Dr. Aku for the opportunity to have gotten a glimpse into his vision of the world, of life, of love, and of morality. His expressions have, at different times, left me breathless, smiling, or laughing out loud. This truly is an outstanding collection of poetry.” -Mario Lew
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Tumbling Grounds
$13.49Add to cartTumbling Grounds touches deeply on the joy and grief inherent in the drama of human existence. It is a collection that will make your mind soar and your heart sing, and subsequently bring tears of joy to your eyes. This is poetry at its best: a rich literary diet for the soul, the spirit, and the body. Take a bite-it will be worth it. “I have been both fortunate and privileged to have edited this work. Dr. Aku’s imagery is extraordinary, and his subject matter ranges from a simple leaf, floating downward towards the ground, to the maelstrom of emotional conflict. “It has been most gratifying. I wish to thank Dr. Aku for the opportunity to have gotten a glimpse into his vision of the world, of life, of love, and of morality. His expressions have, at different times, left me breathless, smiling, or laughing out loud. This truly is an outstanding collection of poetry.” -Mario Lew
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God Of Dirt
$11.95Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for American Primitive, Mary Oliver has published numerous books of poetry and essays. Her poems are quoted in everything from Web sites to hymn books. Earthlight, a “Magazine of Spiritual Ecology,” has declared her an “earth saint.”
In this engaging study, Thomas W. Mann shows Oliver to have keen eyes and ears for reading the book of nature. Readers will discover that the correspondence between Oliver’s poetry and traditional religious language provides a fresh perspective from which to enjoy her work. At the same time, Oliver’s reading from the Other Book of God invites us into nature’s “temple” where we may come into the presence of the holy and from which we may leave rejuvenated and blessed. God of Dirt is an important study of a contemporary poet whose work is as likely to be read by a preacher in a pulpit as by an activist at an environmental rally, and will help us experience a new vision of the beauty of our world. -
Incarnation : New And Selected Poems For Spiritual Reflection
$13.95Add to cartIrene Zimmerman’s scripturally-based poetry has been read from pulpits, savored by individuals, and provided the topics for weekend retreats and discussion groups. “Incarnation” restores to print the poems from Zimmerman’s popular “Woman Un-Bent” and includes more than four dozen new and selected poems on scriptural themes.
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30 Days Of Love
$13.49Add to cartHow can you love when you might not know the true meaning? This simple four-letter word is easily defined without context. However, once context is added, it changes. For instance, is the love God had for the world the same as the love you have for home cooking? Is love for a spouse the same as love for a child? The purpose of this book is to explore 30 different types of love through 30 different entertaining scenarios. But be forewarned- because God inspired this book, it will invoke thought and divine revelation, so read it at a slow pace. This book guarantees moments of reflection and insight. Also, because of its 30 different and independent accounts of love through poetry and short stories, it is an easy read and the perfect travel book. Just remember life and love are choice driven, so choose 30 Days of Love, and you will not be disappointed.
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Little Lamb Who Made Thee
$18.99Add to cartThe stories, essays, prayers, and poems in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? continue the themes that the author began in Ragman and Other Cries of Faith and Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace. This volume portrays children, teenagers, adults, and parents as they grapple with the deep realities of life. At the heart of this struggle are the vital relationships we have with families, for it is from our parents_and from our children_that we most profoundly learn about ourselves as children of God. In the first section, Wangerin reminisces about his own childhood, and with the eyes of a child he helps us see the wonder and fullness of life. In the second section, he writes obout what it is like to be a pastor to parents and children alike, and as a young parent to his own children. Sage advice and joyful humor are couched in vivid stories_warm and intimate, raucous and chilling_that are Wangerin’s trademark. Finally, the book concludes with touching stories of adult children of aging parents_that sometimes sad, sometimes joyous time when children must become parents to their own parents. Far from being a how-to book or a manual, Little Lamb gets inside its subject to view parenthood and childhood as the great miracle and mystery that it is. This new, updated edition contains twelve all-new, never-before-published stories, making it the definitive edition of Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?
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Dream Realized : A Collection Of Poems By Cowboy Mike Bright
$21.99Add to cartMichael Bright died of cancer when he was 51. During his life, he had written a lot of poems. He was poet laureate to his friends. They frequently requested retirement and birthday poems. His poems express emotion, values, faith, love of ministry, friendship, love of country, cowboys, the West, Alaska, Standard Publishing, the church, and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Many people asked him to publish his poems. His family honors his desire with the printing of this volume. A Dream Realized will be a great read for Mike’s many friends and associates. Everyone will enjoy getting to know the heart of a wonderful human being.
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Liturgy For Stones
$12.95Add to cartFamiliar with war, death, and poverty, Claussen looks for the hints of beauty that draw us through the struggle toward God’s hopes and dreams for humankind. Her search for God in shopping malls and nature, in pain and beauty, in friends and strangers invites others to enter more deeply into their own unique experience of God in daily life.
