Christian Faith
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Carol of the Mourning Dove – OUT NOW!
Thrilled to announce that Carol of the Mourning Dove has officially launched! You can get your paperback on Amazon – 75 personal poems that tell a story of hope while I held onto my Lord with an often weak but staunch white-knuckle grasp. Hanging by an unbreakable thread, that’s how this book feels. The Lord God is good indeed! I am excited,… Continue reading
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Revealing the OFFICIAL Book Cover Art for Carol of the Mourning Dove
Today I’m sharing the OFFICIAL book cover art for Carol of the Mourning Dove (pictured below🕊️♥️) and the story of how it all came to be! After my husband, Ben, did some practice sketching, he began drawing for the book cover quite unceremoniously. He drew on the floor in the kids room during their nightly… Continue reading
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Note to Self (you can fall apart)
It’s your own heart,step right on the eggshells;let the dam break at last,go into the eye of the storm,I dare you! let sheets of rain run downyour soul,until you feel thosetearson your skin. uncharted waters—this grief, this sorrow.but Jesus,your Lord and Savior is knownto still a storm,remember? unmoor, and be at peace!the Lord—your Anchor in… Continue reading
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Communion – a poem for mothers trying to worship
baby fingers narrowly keptfromCommunion juice,rowdy children hushed,a mother’s look,sit still,she barely gets a prayerin edgewise,thank you, Lord, thankyou, Lord.and in this quiet, chaoticpew,this mother with her children,this broken upworshipher Lord is trulyglorified,and likely quite delightedby the narrowly,rowdy,barely edgewise. -S.V.F., Communion ❤ I have been wanting to write about how a mother of little children participates… Continue reading
