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The Shepherd
By: H. Edgar Hix | April 30, 2011
I saw the angels. God’s holy angels. It’s all I used to talk about: Angels and the baby with the tired young mother. It was something to see. Scared me to death.
Half-Light
By: Lucy Lincoln | January 30, 2011
Light shines from / a thousand prisms, / hung on golden filigree, / above the hall below, / where sheltered men / wear sheltering talitot / and stand and sit and / chant a thousand / shadowed words, / which had once been / written bold and in the light. Where are the Deborahs to lead the fight? Where your Huldahs to interpret sacred [...]
Second Mile Walk
By: Teresa Two Feathers Flowers | October 30, 2010
God of ages has called me to the Second Mile, To walk with my sisters through the Valley. I pray for the strength and the good courage to continue the walk. To be there in the darkness, to be there in the light, The Second Mile is to be there.
I am Saint Apphia
By: Joe Lunceford | October 27, 2010
You are probably among the masses of people who have never heard my name. It is mentioned in only one sentence in Holy Writ. There were only a very few of us—at least of those whose story was remembered by any except family and close friends. For those few who have read Paul’s [...]
Why I Am Enrolled in Seminary Rather Than...
By: Mary Stromer Hanson | July 30, 2010
Why am I here and not there? I am HERE because I have been THERE.
Today I Am a Rebel
By: Jennifer Reynolds | April 30, 2010
Today, I am a rebel. I forget about the laundry and dishes. I turn all my phones to silent And write.
Fair Lady with the Alabaster Flask
By: Adele Hebert | October 30, 2009
Fair lady with the alabaster flask, How I wish I were there To smell that fragrance in the air All through the house. And what a cost! A year’s wages! I would not forget that wonderful smell. And who could forget what you did? Many saw you. Many knew you. Many smelled your precious [...]
Poem: Equality
By: Julie Amos | July 30, 2009
Hand in hand, I know thee. Heart to heart, I love thee. Side by side, walk near thee. Face to face, work with thee. One hope, in Him we’re set free.
She-Preach
By: Michelle T. Sanchez | April 30, 2009
Flames of beauty-fire erupt from her lips Like pure Pentecost Her sister-speech sears and refines Until all who listen Dazzle like divine gold