Topic: Poetry

A Psalm for Mary

Favored is she who relies on God.         She trusts without full understanding.         She expects His will to

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Education Polishes Gems

Education polishes gems Even diamonds can be polished by knowledge liberally applied with loving elbow grease and patient skill. Very patient skill.   Education binds

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A Christmas Reflection

My mama allows it could’ve been rape and it might’ve, you know, unsettled her mind. Grandma, who’s lived with us since grandpa died, declares she’s

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#ChurchToo

Hide this under a bushel and the bushel will burn. The building will burn. The block. The body.

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Madonna without Halo

She holds his shoes in her hands. They are worn shoes, but the only clothes not stolen by Romans, priests, elders, and everyone else who

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Hunger

Editor’s Note: This is an Evangelical Press Association award winning poem. I hungered for a voice a whisper— I’m valued, I belong. Silence. Dear preacher,

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Enough

Here it is: the English echo of your word upon which my soul feeds. Preprocessed food, to be sure, but liberally salted with the Spirit;

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