Poetry 
Religious Poetry
The heart
It is all about the heart in the end; the longing, seeking, our fears and hopes, are in truth centered in the heart, which in spite of its narcissism is called to grow into infinity. Hidden in darkness grace does it’s silent work not allowing rest such is the hearts gnawing, an unending arid region… Read More ›
Angel of Life
My beauty is my openness, for I am without form, for how can compassion love and empathy be constrained. I am the one who calls you to embrace all that you are, your darkness is your pathway into deeper mystery, your path of light a dark one, placing one foot in front of the other,… Read More ›
The Rosary
Not on the lute, nor harp of many strings Shall all men praise the Master of all song. Our life is brief, one saith, and art is long; And skilled must be the laureates of kings. Silent, O lips that utter foolish things! Rest, awkward fingers striking all notes wrong! How from your toil shall… Read More ›
Take from Me …
Take from me, O Lord, my heart of stone. Take away my hardened heart. Take away my uncircumcised heart. Give me a new heart, a heart of flesh, a pure heart! You who purify the heart, you who love the pure heart, possess my heart and dwell within it, enclosing it and filling it, higher… Read More ›
Preciousness of Silence
“But Jesus was silent.” Mt 26:63 The Silence is Meekness. When you do not defend yourself against offenses; When you do not claim your rights; When you let God defend you; The Silence is Meekness. The Silence is Mercy. When you do not reveal the faults of your brothers to others; When you readily forgive… Read More ›
The “Hound of Heaven” and You
The following was offered by Greg Herrick Th.M., Ph.D. on www.bible.org Jesus is truly the ever-present, all-seeing “Hound of Heaven.” He can track us down wherever we’re hiding! And once on the trail, he sets his heart with relentless zeal and undivided focus to the pursuit-a zeal that originally led him directly to the ignominy… Read More ›
“The Hound of Heaven” and a Young Russian Agnostic
Dr. Greg Herrick offers the following story on Bible.org and is reproduced here. Andrea Wolfe, on staff with the CoMission office in Raleigh, North Carolina tells the following story: In the 1930’s Stalin ordered a purge of all Bibles and all believers. In Stavropol, Russia, this order was carried out with vengeance. Thousands of Bibles… Read More ›
Hound of Heaven: Part 1
One of the most loved and possibly one of the more difficult Christian poems to read and appreciate, The Hound of Heaven has been loved for over a century. It is not, however, a poem that most people cannot read without some background. It is being published to the web site for your appreciation and… Read More ›
Lent: Fast From; Feast On
Fast from judging others; feast on the Christ dwelling in them. Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on the unity of life. Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of light. Fast from thoughts of illness; feast on the healing power of God. Fast from words that pollute; feast on phrases that purify. Fast… Read More ›