from: United Methodist General Board of Church and Society
by Jim Winkler
A Prayer for Fall
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Category Archives: Poetry
Life Holds On
One of my very favorite songs. Superb arrangement and killer vocal. Get it.
Believe that life can go on.
Life Holds On
by Beth Nielsen Chapman
Elegy for my Aunt
The Joy of the Yoke
“Works like a horse” is a very old saying. Everyone that works to survive knows the feeling of the ‘endless furrow’. We all pull the plow together but our dreams have to transcend it. Continue reading
Recess
When I first started communicating with Marilyn (who was to become my wife) I realized that I had found someone who really spoke to my inner child, which had faded to a near-wraith after seventeen years of marriage to an alcoholic.
House of My Heart
As I ‘cleaned house’ metaphorically, I discovered that my heart was made the way it was by all the experiences I’d had. Some good. Some terrible. Sting calls it ‘…the shape of my heart…’ but to me it’s a house.
Just and True
My father was not always my best friend – he still isn’t. However, he did give me a lot of good advice and was as good a father as he could be. He never lied to me or backed away from a challenge in life. Here’s my thanks for that.
Thousand Suns
“Keep the homefires burning” took on a whole new meaning for me as I struggled through a career change. I faced a number of people who were point-blank evil bastards and wanted nothing less than to crush my spirit. Something in me took fire and burns to this day.