Poetry
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Grace on Tiptoe
The world is a quiet and lonesome place Grace comes softly on tip-toe Know its heart and soul A goal, a light, an arrow in the sky Why would any flee or resist Insist on proof, aloof, and cold The… Continue reading
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The Grow Flow
We dream; we grow;We move; we flow;We laugh; we glow.While here below,We live in anticipationOf pomp and circumstanceAnd graduation.We are matriculated in the school of lifeArticulated by toil and tears and strife.We are students of all that passesWork and play,… Continue reading
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Happy Birthday
This is for all to whom it applies. I just jotted it down for my MySpace friends with birthdays and decided to share it: It’s time to say, “Happy Birthday!” Happy Birthday to You.I need to say something new.I’m glad… Continue reading
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Do It
What is that on your heart?Is it just another attachment,Or is it part of the whole?Can it be severed as part?An incidental detachment ?Or must it remain as your very soul? I think it is more than you knowMore than… Continue reading
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Just a Word
You are the best you there is.There is no competition.You can do it better than anyone.No one can take your place.Along with that dynamic truth there are two,Seemingly contradictory, but ultimatelyParadoxical and mysterious:You are not yet the best you can… Continue reading
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Flip the Greatness Switch
When you dream great, worthy dreams, you connect to a place in your heart where you flip the switch that turns on an attitude of expectancy and wonder, thus activating imagination and motivation. When this happens, you engage yur mind… Continue reading
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It’s Still Christmas
No tree is stronger than its roots. The heart of each of our pursuits Is truth, raw and unrefined, Longing for more, love inclined, Centered in the blessed incarnation, In the fertile soil of God's most gracious invitation Come to… Continue reading
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The Gift Cluttered Parlor
The piracy of our privacy Invades the darkness and redirects our thoughts To a manger gift Continue reading
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Christmas Greetings
Peering eyes barely opened, recognized his mother from a bed of straw. He squirmed, tentatively exploring his world, not knowing it would so soon reject him or that for it, he would lay down his life. Yet to discover what… Continue reading
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A Flair for the Dramatic
A Flair for the Dramatic Our God has more than just a flair for the dramatic. He uses drama at every turn to communicate the mysteries of His truth. Two great dramas are interwoven into the history of Christianity and… Continue reading
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