Peace & Poetry

Tag: literature

  • Only Black or White

    Only Black or White

    Wisdom Challenge: Day 8 Insights from Chapter 8– …all those who hate [Wisdom] love death. Proverbs 8:36 (NKJV) I remember sitting in his office– The dim lighting–The stick figures and dinosaurs doodled on the marker board–The big box of crayons (the kind with the sharpener on the back) plastered with a Marine Corps sticker proudly…

  • Morning Adoration

    Morning Adoration

    This poem written in free verse is a reflective meditation of God’s mercy and the soul’s longing to be loved by Him and pleasing to Him.

  • I’m Just

    I’m Just

    Written from the perspective of a member, this poem observes the trials, tribulations, and victories of being a pastor to show the importance of purpose and having a personal relationship with the Most High.

  • Longing

    Longing

    My God, I feel a longing above the face of the deep, deep within Me. I try to be strong in this world I don’t belong. My God, I feel a longing As You bring me along This long, long path to learn good from bad and right from wrong. My God, I feel a…

  • black or white

    black or white

    This piece, published in Vibrations Magazine, is a reflection of the relationship between race and religion in America.

  • Voici l’ordre

    Voici l’ordre

    Il fait grandir les forêts Comme une maison pour les bêtes Pour les oiseaux qui vole Les vents leur boussole

  • Passed Emancipation

    Passed Emancipation

    Praise the God of heavens For He has made me free, And delivered my mind From the peg of slavery.

  • Who has known?

    Who has known?

    Who has known God, And walked in His ways? Do they all seek tradition; Have they all gone astray?

  • My Assurance

    My Assurance

    As I ponder Your ways And thoughtfully reflect, I cannot neglect Your praise. How could I wake without Your grace?

  • O, Magnify Him

    O, Magnify Him

    O magnify the Lord with me! Come ye and see How He hast pulled me Out of vanity.