Search Resources
Use the search and filter below to search within the CBE Resource Library. For best results, please select a type.
Welcome to CBE’s Resources
You searched by:
Topic: Poetry
Found 126 resources that match your criteria.
A Kingdom in Crisis
By: Martine Extermann | April 1, 2009
The king was desperate. He was a God-fearing man and from his youngest age he had sought God. Now, trying to rid God’s people of idols, he had undertaken major repairs in the Lord’s temple but he had just realized that his efforts were insufficient. His secretary had just brought back a book [...]
"The Harp of the Holy Spirit"
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | March 11, 2009
Of all the literature produced by the early Syrian church, the most prized was composed by Ephrem the Syrian, often called “The Harp of the Holy Spirit.” One of his hymns memorializes the faith of the Samaritan woman whom Jesus met at the well and sent forth as a missionary (see John 4).
Elegy for a Gray Rose
By: H. Edgar Hix | January 30, 2009
She was one who chose the best, her Lord, and blessed the children with Him.
I Have Known Enough Saints
By: H. Edgar Hix | January 30, 2009
I have known enough saints to know they fall just like the rest of us. They fail to see the mud globbed on their feet and leave their footprints on the Persian rugs. They slurp their shakes.
Sword Mistress
By: H. Edgar Hix | January 30, 2009
Sword mistress who taught me to hold my blade Always ready for defense or offense. Sword mistress with weakening arm and weakening eyes. Sword mistress of the faultering foot. The unsteady voice. Sword mistress finally sheathed. Detached from the belt. The hiss of my saber drawn from its sheath Is the memory of your whispered [...]
Critical Contrast
By: Julie Amos | December 5, 2008
A veil, invisible | Though deeply felt | Has been wrapped around me, Covering me, Restricting me,
Holy Spirit Interceding (Romans 8:26–27)
By: Ruth Hoppin | July 30, 2008
Flame of far celestial fire, lighting every high desire, promised gift of Christ’s ascending, still a heavenly flame descending on each soul with Spirit gifting,
Serving Hands
By: Cherry R. Gorton | April 30, 2008
His hands resting on his bended knee Remember Pounding the gavel that justice be done Throwing the ball to a little one Clasping others when deals are done Wrenching machinery to make it work Shaking the hand of a friend
Epitaph (To a Woman of Noble Character)
By: Julie Amos | March 5, 2008
As we celebrate the strong and faithful examples of many women in the Bible, we also recognize that their stories have too often been left untold.
Renunciation
By: Jennifer Stewart Fueston | January 30, 2008
Could Mary have refused, when it was offered her,