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Poems

FACING "IMPOSSIBLE" TASKS

Vera Sohr Kelly

Father,

THE DAMASCUS ROAD

Barbara L. Kelly

To visit Damascusand walk the road Paul walkedthe tourist in me yearned,but the Christian knewI have traveled that roadwhich leads to binding neighborswith strands of misconception,and seen that lightwhich, making blindness felt,advances the new birth.

YOU ARE ON WATCH

William B. Lynch

In a silent moment listening,patient tears embracing,His steady, voiceless answercameto years of quiet asking,

TRY TO SEE

Alfredonia Thomas Lambert

You have walked away from a lot of things,but you never can walk away from Truth,that's a sure thing;

PRACTITIONER'S PHONE

Beulah M. Roegge

The central corethat axis,focal point and cementof every day,whose ring calls thoughtfrom where it may have strayedor elicits a message already on the lips.

GOD'S DAY

Stanley John York

This eternal momentof commencement and fulfillment.

TO A TROUBLED KID

Alfredonia Thomas Lambert

How come you keep going through all these changes,man?

ETERNALITY OF LIFE

Jean Hazel Allen

It cannot beThat life shall cease for us and leave no markIn passing—nothing but a fearsome, starkVacuity.

Ever at home

Claire Roselius

The snail, this little friend,Carries his home with him.

THE MOMENTS OF SILENT PRAYER

Helen C. Benson

This is a time to turn awayFrom pressing cares and earthly things.

Do You Ever Count Your Blessings?

Michael Todd Hanson (Age 8)

Do you Know what blessings are?

TO YIELD

E. Stuart Wells

The way is rough without a guide,but God is always here.