Category: God

Pioneer

This is the last piece of my pioneer series, at least for now. Hope you enjoyed it!

Chasin’ Fireflies

The original song of this title is on the following link, arranged and sung by Elanna Lund, who’s currently in a contest fundraiser. I’ve posted the link, so you can vote for her if you’d like. Below is another version I wrote as another poem in the Pioneer series, which I updated below.

Pa’s Overtime Pay

I recently updated this fictional poem I wrote for a pioneer project, inspired by the original song (and true event) which follows.

How Good Is God and How Bad Is Sin?

While reviewing Romans 6, verse 21 hit me: “Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.” Sin ends in death, every time. That little white lie? Keep coddling it, and like a baby viper, it will naturally  kill you….

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First Things

One Sunday when my children were very young, our family made it to church with enough time before the service for an elderly saint to ask how things were going at home. I replied that some days we didn’t seem to accomplish a thing. “Did you read them the Bible?” she asked. “Yes.” “Then you…

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Carpe Diem

My husband and I were thrilled with our firstborn, but people congratulating us usually added, “Enjoy your time with her. Soon she’ll be in school and you’ll be writing again.” Sure, I’d think, in about eighteen years. The reality was almost double, although God had clearly blessed us with our miracle child. I was young,…

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