This poetry series is a combination of my personal exercise in writing meditative scripture poetry and the daily Advent readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you.
Sonnets for Advent: Wednesday week 1
Sonnets for Advent: Tuesday week 1
This poetry series is a combination of my personal exercise in writing meditative scripture poetry and the daily Advent readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you. #sonnetsforadvent
Sonnets for Advent: Monday week 1
This poetry series is a combination of my personal exercise in writing meditative scripture poetry and the daily Advent readings from my home church. I hope it blesses you. #sonnetsforadvent
Sonnets for Advent: Sunday week 1
This year my home church is doing daily readings for Advent. I got pretty excited at the idea of a corporate reading exercise. This excitement dovetailed in my mind with my current exercises in scripture poetry. I thought I would try to turn our daily Advent readings into sonnets.
Gospel Blessings: a poem based on 1 Peter 1:3-5
O blessed be the Father and His Son,our one and only savior, Jesus Christ,whose mercy lavished on our sinful fleshrenewed us unto this abundant hope,this new life, that enriches more than now,it stretches to our life beyond this plane. For Christ, the resurrected one, has throughHis life and death destroyed the grave's dark night.Moreover, to... Continue Reading →
UNCLEAN: a poem
If I could carve a word into my armI think that it would be the word “UNCLEAN.”I feel an outcast everywhere I goand bring a curse on everyone I love.So if you see me shifting to the sha-dows of the room, away from everyone,it’s probably because I am afraidyou’ll realize what I already know. It... Continue Reading →
I followed you out to this desolate place… : a poem
I followed you out to this desolate placebut now I can’t hear you above this storm.I feel abandoned. Tears pour down my face.Their salty streams my only food and drink.Please, LORD, it’s you my soul is panting foryour flesh true food indeed and blood true drink.Through day and night your steadfast love is sureas the... Continue Reading →
i am a sheep who’s gone astray: a poem
i am a sheep who’s gone astraytoday and probably tomorrow.my best efforts are in vainagain and again i fail. but You are God the loving Fatherno other is above your name.Your Mercy Incarnate, Christ who cametamed death and broke sin's chain. tie my weary life to Yours.Your kingdom come and will be done.i'll serve You... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetry by Jane Tyson Clement with Becca Stevens
I fell in love with Jane Tyson Clement's poetry the first time I held it in my hand. Then I opened it and read the soft, soothing words she'd written that perfectly mimic the seaside she loved so well. I read them over and over, a warm comfort in any season. Reading The Heart's... Continue Reading →
I wanted to write a song for you…
I wanted to write a song for you but you are a mystery I've watched from a distance You are the first whispers of sunrise with all its promise of warmth and constancy I wanted to write a song for you but when I closed my eyes I heard the vow of forever gliding down... Continue Reading →
Rachel Svendsen 