Everyday Gospel
Socially distancing, there we each stand / in a line at the grocery store. / Up at the front and beyond us / the check-out man, tender-eyed, watchful...Read More
Arts & Essays: Music & Poetry
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Written By: Marye TrimSeptember 25, 2020Homecoming
A lilac bush outside my window / told me as a child if spring / was on its greening way.
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Written By: Marye TrimSeptember 11, 2020
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Written By: Don WilliamsSeptember 04, 2020Remembering Alone
Loneliness overcame her / like a feather pillow / gently smothering / her hope.
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Written By: Ramona L. HymanAugust 28, 2020
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Written By: Don WilliamsAugust 21, 2020The Far Side of the Road
Alarm deadened his concern for the victim. / To drown out the whispered cry, “I can’t breathe,” / He hummed a comforting hymn as he hastened by on /...
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Written By: Ramona L. HymanAugust 14, 2020Grace’s Story: for Jimmie Lee Jackson
When Jesus caught up with Grace / She was sitting on the steps of the / shack-house — Broomstick resting on her lap / A bleeding cross around her...
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Written By: Corey FarrAugust 10, 2020A Christian Reads the Tao te Ching:...
For me, the Tao te Ching is a conversation partner. It stokes the fires of my imagination and shines light on new ways of thinking that help me...
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Written By: Marye TrimAugust 07, 2020Googolplex
A friend of mine does jigsaw puzzles / of a thousand pieces; fits shapes together / to make an alpine scene: blue sky / and icy peaks that almost ...
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Written By: Hallie AndersonJuly 31, 2020Behind the Wall at Oakwood University...
With a sanctuary that can seat 3,000 and a membership list that has maxed out that capacity, Oakwood University Church is a full house of worship. ...
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