From my sister, Betty Nick, received in e-mail and posted by permission. She wrote this when she was a pre-teen.
Christmas is a happy time
With loved ones near;
God must feel sad to have
Another Christmas come
With so many of His children,
So content down here.
Give the Creator the credit that’s due. Shine forth Distant galaxies Glowing nebulas Giant stars Blackest holes. Go out Angels bright Seraphim flashing Winds blowing Flames burning. Since God is the maker, the builder, designer, Our lifegiver, ruler, sustainer, refiner. Learn of him Scientist Physicist Astronomer Chemist Tell of him Historian Sociologist Theologian Philosopher Give the creator the…
I saw God’s shape in tall oak tree in lovely flower in rising sun flowing stream mountain high ocean wide when lightning glows and lightens dark night sky. I saw God’s shape in falling branch in faded bloom in setting sun raging flood volcanic blast hurricane when lightning strikes and splits and burns and kills….
One of the features of my Sunday School class is that we try to respond to the lesson of the day in the form of art, poetry, and stories. So what does one do with Ephesians 2 in terms of art? I like to experiment, so I read up on Haiku (English forms) and decided…
An intelligence Caught in a maze Of action Reaction Interaction Senseless negligence. The intelligence Thinks in the maze Of action Connection Direction Hope for deliverance. That intelligence Finds in the maze Affection Guidance Radiance Faith with a difference. This intelligence Mangles the maze With action Connection Direction Help from a confidence. The confidence Gets from…
OK, here’s another try at transforming a Psalm, in this case, by putting it into blank verse. There are some wonderful parallelisms in Psalm 103, but a great deal of that impact is lost on English readers. Here I try to present the message in blank verse, which provides some meter. I’m still sticking fairly…
Having imbibed a fair amount of pro-small-town prejudice in the form of Hallmark Christmas movies (which I actually find relaxing in spite of this), I thought I’d retaliate with a link to my short story About Those Small Town Values, first posted in 2010.
