We are prompted by Holy Writ to ponder and think about things that are true, honest, lovely, and virtuous. Higher Thought is an attempt by the writer to consider many of life issues from a wholesome perspective. Written in an unusual manner, each question is considered in a prologue and then considered again in verse. Author William Rybolts writings range from contemplating higher thought to testing to the Prodigal Son. They cover a range of emotions, from humorous to serious to challengin...

This beautifully crafted edition offers the first, largest, and most complete collection ever of Helen Steiner Rice poems.From her remarkable body of work, this volume includes nearly four hundred original poems--sixteen of them rare and previously uncollected--and one never-before-published prayer discovered in the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation archives. Included are favorites like "The Praying Hands," "Heart Gifts," and "Tribute to John F. Kennedy."Organized topically int...

**“Overwhelmingly, though, the poems in This Day reveal the life of a person who cares about his relationship to the earth and the human community . . . His poems, whether they soothe or jolt, inspire or move to responsible action, aim at keeping ‘kindness’ and ‘kinship’ alive in the world. That alone makes This Day a book well worth reading, on a Sabbath or any other day of the week.” —**The Marginalia Review of BooksWendell Berry’s Sabb...

Streams in the Desert is a daily devotional that was originally published by Lettie Burd Cowman in 1925. She was co-founder of the Oriental Missionary Society (later known as OMS International, and eventually the One Mission Society), and served as a Christian missionary in China and Japan, from 1901 until 1918, until her husband's declining health motivated them to return to the States. When Charles' condition failed to improve, Lettie began writing Streams as a ...

Here is an extract from one of the many inspirational poems.Bless my soul, my true redeemer,In my mind and heart I am not a deceiver.Bless the life I enjoyed upon this earth,Give me all the joys, for all its worth.Bless my path when the hours are dark,Let me soar to your kingdom like a lark.Lord bless me every moment I open my eyes,And holding you close Ill never sigh.Bless my life oh Lord in quietness and peace,I need y...

Satire essays on Insanity in general and some spin-offs26 chapters and a list of macims

This volume of "lifetime" poems traces the awakening and development of love in one man's journey of fifty-eight years through married life. Now eighty years old, he is still discovering how love evolves with age and is attempting to capture each new revelation and process it through his unique poetic filter. He is a devotee of the sonnet form and you will find that the majority of his poems are sonnets written in every standard rhyme sequence. In several instances, he even experiments wit...

We all go through tough times. Feelings and emotions run high, thoughts and questions overwhelm us, and we can’t see past the present moment. But the followers of Jesus Christ can work through these tough times differently than the world around them.Tender Poems for Tough Times is a collection of Christian poetry written over a twenty-five-year period. The poems can provide a portrayal of current reality, a phrase that resonates, or a key verse of Scripture that touches readers in ...

The right path taken is a choice anyone can make, but it requires an explicit reason, a precise purpose, and a yearning motivation to walk the journey of life in the shadow of God.In this book, The Right Path Taken, poetry chronicles the rewards of change. It illustrates the various dimensions of love and how walking on the side of the Heavenly Father can provide the glories of remuneration that are not available on the road that is inherent with evil.

The Ethiopian Bible is the world's oldest and most complete bible, containing several rejected biblical texts.One of these was the book of Enoch, which was rejected because it included prophecies about Christ.The book of Enoch is divided into three sections: the Ethiopic book of Enoch, the secrets of Enoch (slavonic Enoch), and the apocryphal book of Enoch.The book contains firsthand knowledge of the origins of demons and Nephilim, the reasoning behind some fallen a...

Love is the way shower. Love has come to rule and transform. Let your hearts be your guide as you read these messages of love and hope that are for you personally. Your lives matter and you matter to the world and to the world of spirit. This book of spiritual poetry and prose is a special collaboration between the author and her beloved spiritual teacher and guide, Jehovah, Jesus of Nazareth as he brings forth his messages for this current age and for humanity. You are loved beyond words,...

BLACK AND MANY TEARS is the collection of all the stages of school in my life: the suffering of growing up without a father. Indigence in a country in rebellion. Bitterness, hunger and cold in the street. The insults and humiliations of a young, inexperienced writer.In a country where reading is like swallowing an entire ocean. Attempts to commit suicide. Inner and emotional wounds in the face of incriminations. The disappointment and the betrayal. The worries of u...