Campfire Songs: Peace Like a River

Campfire Songs: Peace Like a River

“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” (Ephesians 3: 17b – 18, NIV) Who has childhood memories of camping? Remember jarts, canoeing,...
Shame Undone

Shame Undone

I let out a groan as I realized what a huge mistake I’d made. I was preparing to sellmy recently published book, Parables of the Eucalyptus, at the Heartland Women’sChristmas Market, and as I pulled a few newly-printed copies out of the carton that hadjust...
All Ways

All Ways

It’s the same place, just a different time. Structures come and go but the Earth remainsthrough the constant changes ofweathering, plowing, harvesting, feeding.Listen carefully and you can hear echoes of the past on the wind and looking...
Stout Heart

Stout Heart

The heart that never gives upIs like unto God’s stout heart.It pierces through darkest night,It’s light and peace to impart. Oh, weak and flimsy misgivings,Now flee from my stout heart!You’re no match for my great SaviorTo whom I am set apart. ~ Janet F....
A Silent Cry

A Silent Cry

A silent cry shatters the crystalA silver tear stands frozenOn the icy remains of a soul What happened?Why the cold echo of nothingness? The ghost of memory haunts non-beingsAching sorrow shows through dead eyesA flicker of feeling wanders through the vast...