Christian Life
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Hope Gives a Eulogy Is Turning into Music – coming soon!
My sister, Cheyenne Olson, owns a piano studio in Utah and is finishing up her first volume of Piano Poetry where she gives musical voice to 15 of my poems from Hope Gives a Eulogy. Part of Cheyenne’s piano project meant I got to write about and share some more of my heart and what… Continue reading
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When in Doubt – a poem for the Wavering Christian
have you ever seena daisy die?with its center mostaliveand its seeds pressedout to lifewith its stem stretchedto the skyit well knows morewill arisea bloom the samebut newand that all bemultiplied.have you ever seena daisy die?I have—and whenever I’m filledwith doubtI watch the daisydieand believe the Lordof my life. -S.V.F., When in Doubt read more: Green … Continue reading
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For the Christian Fighting for Their Very Life (spoiler: you go free)
I want youalone,dismayed. I want youfrozen intime. I want yourlimbsunmovingand both lungsbreathless,reeling. I want youpale withterror. I want youdoubting,spiraling. I want youpreservedin shame. I want darknessechoingin your mind. I want youinsane. But I scream out for the LORD and He hears my voice. And I remember there is nothing that can separate me from Him.… Continue reading
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Before I Turn 30 – some thoughts
I came home to my son standing soaked in the garden. The sprinklers shooting into the air and falling in that back and forth rhythm. His smile was wide. My husband was watering the sunflowers and soon my daugther, also soaked by garden sprinklers–our little water baby–would come to say hello. I’d hug my happy,… Continue reading
