We've entered November--the month in which we set aside a special day to remember our country's soldiers. In Canada we call it Remembrance Day. We commemorate by wearing flocked red poppies in the weeks leading up to November 11th and on the day, gathering at cenotaphs throughout the country to lay wreaths, pray prayers, and… Continue reading November prompt – remember
Match November is the month for poems to hatch I hope to incubate a healthy batch in fisher-talk, haul in a bumper catch till there’s no room to store them in the hatch. My problem is, these poems don’t hit me natch I always seem to need a key or latch I’ll count on Brewer’s… Continue reading “Match” and writing challenges
Return to Me by Lynn Austin My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Return to Me Lynn Austin returns to writing in the genre--biblical fiction--where I first met her. This story is set in the time of the exile and follows the priest Iddo and his son Zacharias as their family returns to a ravished… Continue reading Return to Me (review)
John MacArthur's Strange Fire Conference of just over a week ago was a bit of a shaker to the evangelical culture of North America and England. In it MacArthur and his colleagues at Grace To You Church in California argued, based on their cessationist beliefs (the interpretation of the Bible that says that the Holy… Continue reading How the #StrangeFire conference confirms my continuationism
I'm excited to have had a visit from the roaming Mortimer Rabbit this week. He arrived feeling a bit off after his visit with Matt Essenwine, though. It seems that Mortimer ate some rotten apples there, thinking they were a love potion or some such. At least that's what I think he said. He did… Continue reading Mortimer visits Canada
The Wings of Morning by Murray Pura My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amish beauty Lyyndaya Kurtz is in love with Jude Whetstone, the blacksmith’s son. Trouble is, Jude has taken a shine to the new invention the flying machine. The year is 1917, the location the Lapp Colony of Paradise, Pennsylvania in Murray Pura’s… Continue reading The Wings of Morning (review)
The last few weeks have felt unusually busy. When that happens, I find it hard to get in the poem-writing zone. Last weekend was a case in point. It was Canadian Thanksgiving. We had the kids and grandkids here for a visit. It was such fun, but there was hardly a minute left over for… Continue reading The grandma poet
COMPLAINT Women’s work is never done... The burner rings are caked with overflow. Is there anything to eat? Mom, there are no clean socks. The burner rings are caked with overflow. Is that a spider’s trapeze swaying from the ceiling? Mom, there are no clean socks, and We’re running out of milk. Is that a… Continue reading Complaint
Motto for a Front Hall If you come cheerily, Here shall be jest for you; If you come wearily, Here shall be rest for you. If you come borrowing, Gladly we’ll loan to you. If you come sorrowing, Love shall be shown to you. Under our thatch, friend, Place shall abide for you, Touch but… Continue reading Motto for a Front Hall
God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God by Ken Shigematsu My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s always a good sign when an author’s book comes from the requests of readers or hearers to learn more. That’s part of the tale of Ken Shigetmatsu’s book God In My Everything.… Continue reading God In My Everything (review)
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