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Knowledge

I don’t know from where knowledge comes sometimes. For example, I don’t know from where algebraic equations flash into my mind at four o’clock in the afternoon when my youngest son needs help with his assignment. I just don’t know. I don’t know from where poetry flows through a river of fluid phrases, yet I […]

Kindred Spirits

I visited my aunt the other day. Since I was a little girl, I have thought of her as a kindred spirit.We often joke I am more like her than her daughter just as my cousin is much like my mother. We love reading and books. In fact, she is more of a reader than […]

Kindness

Justified

This poem can be found in Where Dreams Abide.

Justification

One of my personal favorites from The Last Time We Were Children.  

Joy

Here is are lines from “Strawberry Seeds” that will appear in The Last Time We Were Children: The Tenth Anniversary Edition.

Journey

Here is a question to ponder from “Christmas Wonder” published in While Bethlehem Sleeps..

Inner-Beauty

Another poem–and a personal favorite– from The Last Time We Were Children.

Impact

You will remember that before you became Christians you went around from one idol to another, not one of which could speak a single word. 1 Corinthians 12:2 TLB Who has made the greatest impact in your life? Who has the biggest influence over it today? I struggle with how to answer these questions at […]

Imagination

This poem epitomizes imagination. It appears in the first edition of The Last Time We Were Children and will appear in The Last Time We Were Children: The Tenth Anniversary Edition.