poetry
-
ContestsBecause
What if you were rich as you could be? You owned everything, far as the eye could see. You loved to share these riches with…
-
ContestsThe Ring
He looks down at his wrinkled fingers Thumbs the gold band wrapped around it His wedding ring 71 years ago the church bells rang Then…
-
ContestsSonnet for an Unknown God – Acts 17
I saw an altar, nameless, cold, and bare, With faded letters signed “The Unknown God.” A feeling dark and lonesome lingered there, A shadow of…
-
ContestsBorrowed language to thank my dearest Friend
As Moses raised the serpent up so God’s own Son was lifted high. Alas! My Saviour Jesus bled, my Sovereign Lord did die. His sacred…
-
Adult biographiesThe Poetic Wonder of Isaac Watts
by Douglas Bond 2013 / 163 pages Isaac Watts was born in 1674 when the Psalms sung in the English Church were stiff and difficult…
-
ContestsA Love That Gives Birth, Even Without Bearing Children
There are people who may never hold a child of their own, yet they carry within them a love that gives birth to something far…
-
ContestsI Went to Church
I went to church when I was young, Where psalms and hymns were always sung, Was baptized as a baby there, And often went to…
-
ContestsChild of God
A mother held her newborn son and whispered in his ear, “I love you so much, little one, I hold you very dear. I love…
-
Contests14 Ways of Looking at a Star
I. Star: noun. A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. II. There were no…
-
Recent ArticlesThe Lifelong Battle
I hate it. I love it. I’m held in its grip. Its power’s alarming. I feel myself slip. It draws me with offers Of quiet…
-
In a NutshellTidbits – April 2025
Trying to have your cake and eat it too A carving on a Cambodian temple built around 800 years ago seems to depict a stegosaurus….
-
Christian educationWhy biblical poetry matters
Skim through any modern Bible and you will notice something peculiar: many pages are laid out as poetry, with appropriate spacing and indents. But have…
-
Book ReviewsDown to the sea with Mr. Magee
by Chris Van Dusen 2006 / 36 PAGES Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Mr. Magee and his little dog Dee love camping, skiing, and sailing the sea They…
-
HumorCall me Billy
I met a man the other day Who thought he was a goat He shaped his hair to look like horns And bleated from his…
-
Book ReviewsPrince Martin wins his sword
by Brandon Hale 52 pages / 2018 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give At bedtime, my dad reads a lot of books to us – me and my two…
-
EconomicsIt’s A Wonderful Loaf: why free enterprise makes bread in abundance
In the illustrated economic poem below, the author shows how the free enterprise system – with supposedly no one in control – can deliver bread…
-
HumorOde to hurt…or why my tolerant nature can’t stand your opinions
I’m hurting I am, and I want you to know, That the pain I am feeling, isn’t likely to go. I’m hurting I am, it’s…
-
Children’s fictionLove That Dog: a novel
by Sharon Creech 2001/ 86 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give As I started reading the very first page of this book, I thought it was dumb. I’ve never…
-
AssortedAge
Editor’s note: When Dr. Adams turned 90 this year, his colleague, Donn Arms, was reminded of a prayer Adams had written back in 1978 for…
-
AssortedHull humanity
“Hey, here’s your sandwich,” I called across the lunchroom to Caldwall, the kid we picked on. He was fat and unathletic, and we kept him…
-
AssortedElection
Nobody would tell who had written the naughty word inside the door of the boys’ toilet. The six girls in our one-room country school were…