Banners of Longing is a collection of sixty-four reflective and religious poems divided into four categories: Seasons, Sinners, Personae, and Meditations. These poems will move, console, inspire, and enlighten the reader prepared to appreciate religious and reflective verse. The poems in this collection examine everyday experiences, events, and perceptions in the light of faith. They also look--sometimes with wry humor--at familiar biblical characters in a twenty-first-century light. The c...

More than 1.5 million copies sold! What if you discovered that the life you already have is the life you've always wanted? What if joy and gratefulness is possible right where you are??New York Times?bestselling author Ann Voskamp invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative journey of thankfulness and chronicling God's gifts.How can you find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and even the death of loved ones? What does the Ch...

These popular prayers from Sister Donzes original In My Heart Room books are now available in an expanded edition. Her guided love prayers of the heart offer a beautifully simple method of teaching meditative prayer. Children will learn to pray by concentrating and meditating on such common objects as a pencil, a coin, and a flower.

The renowned Christian pastor and author of The Message and Run with Horses shares his spirituality in a very personal collection of poetry.Eugene H. Peterson had long been known as a pastor, professor, and provocateur. With his first-ever collection of verse, Peterson became known as a poet, too. Holy Luck emerged over many years, initially as individual poems sent to family, friends, and church congregations. Now, the translator of the b...

We walk to God, how wondrous our task,Simple truth, no questions left to ask.We walk to God, an awesome holy thing,Our open hearts are all were asked to bring.Ordinary Miracles is an oxymoron in a world where peace seems unreliable and prayers seem unanswered. But what if the real world exists where miracles are the norm? Miracles of joy and forgiveness always occur within our minds, and their external form may or may not be apparent to us. However,...

For the man or woman truly seeking to know God in a deep, personal way, Wisdom in Poetry is meant to offer spiritual treasure beyond earthly value. Gods living, eternal Word is manifested in my life on paper in easy-to-read poetry. As you read this Spirit-inspired work, the Holy Spirit will reveal many of the secret things of God hidden in His Word for His people. Jesus spoke in parables because the secret things about Him are for you, not the world. The poems in this book are Scripture-ba...

Poetry gives a voice to truths that might otherwise never be heard. This book is dedicated to all those who struggle within and without? They struggle to find their own identity, their dreams, their potential and their God given gifts. Those who have had the courage and the faith to find their God; the Father they can rely on.

Author Kristen Johnson Ingram was photographing Native American dancers at an Oregon pow-wow when an official tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to stop taking pictures. "This is the prayer the dancer is doing," he explained.For people of faith, Ingram realized, there are many forms of prayer besides the ones we speak with our lips: Devout Jews bow while reading Torah; Episcopalians stand, sit, or kneel in church; exuberant Christians raise their arms; and mystics of all deno...

Some people object to taking vows, but in the Bible you will find many great men of God directed by covenants, promises, vows and pledges. The psalmist was not averse to the taking of vows: “Thy vows are upon me, O God,” he said. “I will render my praises unto thee” (Psalm 56:12).My counsel in this matter is that if you are really concerned about spiritual improvement—the gaining of new power, new life, new joy and new personal revival within your heart—you will do well to make cer...

This book was written to bring words of encouragement to the reader and to let them know that they are not alone when it comes to God. He loves us all, and you are never alone when you call upon the Savior. These poems are truly Gifts from God. I asked God what he wanted me to do, and he told me to give these poems to everyone, to the world. From the first poem to the last, these poems tell you about the love and beauty all around us in a world that can be a little chaotic. Grab a...

Reverend David E. Lovewell shares his spiritual, insightful poems. David E. Lovewell was born in the English village of Shotesham, in the county of Norfolk, where he lived on his parents' farm until he began training for the Methodist ministry. In the mid-1950s he and his wife Patricia immigrated to Canada. As a minister in the United Church, David served in various charges in Newfoundland and in Bermuda. In the 1960s he and his family relocated to Alberta. David was a minister first in Re...

Throughout his many years of pastoral ministry, almost everything Eugene Peterson has done -- preaching, teaching, praying, counseling, writing -- has involved words. To keep himself attuned to the power of words and to help himself use language with precision and imagination, Peterson both reads and writes poetry.Holy Luck presents, in one luminous volume, seventy poems by Peterson, most of them not previously published. Speaking to various aspects of "Kingdom of God" living, these...