Poems

Christian warfare

JEFFREY LACY PLUM

Betrayer, captors,alarm disciples sleeping,who respond to enemy without, and swingingheavy steelof willfulness, pride, fear,wound a man.

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On beam versus mote casting

LONA INGWERSON

By the timeI got aroundto casting outmy own beam,Icouldn't seeyour moteanymore.

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Patience

EVELYN LEE EATON

Patience says not, "Wait forever,Work or pray without reward.

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Novice psalmist

MARY ELIZABETH LEEVER

The poetry that sings withinI can express in outward form.

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I get it! I shouted,Telling the world,Telling a friend,Telling myself,So noisily, I almost missed the next God messageWhich came on angel wings—Peace, be still!A rustle, a whisper, pointing out the Way,In daily, hourly, by-the-moment steps,Forever leading upward.

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Who heard the angels sing?

MAXINE SHORE

Who heard the angels sing?

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Message to my child

GAIL RIPA

"Prodigal," your actions say.

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At home—always

PEGGIE CASE PAULUS

When he left my house,At times I was temptedBy the fear, the darkness at noon,The never knowing when/ifHe was coming home.

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Think of the wonder

HELEN M. GOULD, THOMAS HUNTINGTON GOULD

Think of the wonder in their eyesThose shepherds taken by surpriseAnd told to go to Bethlehem!Silently they left their sheepThis most sacred trust to keep—Followed, scarcely knowing why,The star that beckoned from the sky.