By John Birch — Thank you Lord that when we are feeling proud, arrogant, beyond reproach, pleased with ourselves, self-sufficient in all our ways, you remind us that for people …
By Catherine Lawton — We grieve when snow falls on Good Friday eve. What about the greening, the beginnings of spring? when like manna fallen from Heaven– “My body broken …
We are offering free books of poems by one of our community writers, Ana Lisa de Jong. New Zealand poet Ana Lisa De Jong has made her beautiful poems available for …
By Kate Kennington Steer — Prayer the church’s banquet, angel’s age, God’s breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heav’n …
A series of poems on love would not be complete without Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116. The sonnet appeared in Emma Thompson’s screenplay for the film of Sense and Sensibility, and is …
Today’s love poem The Good Morrow is from one of the greats of English literature, John Donne. (1572 – 1631) Amazingly this was probably his earliest poem. It weaves sensual and spiritual …
As Valentine’s Day approaches I find myself thinking a lot about the real meaning of love. I feel this poem by Mary Oliver is a great one to reflect on …
By Jenneth Graser — Last week being 17 January 2019 and also my birthday, I was drawn to a particular picture quote to post to Mystic Prayers (a Facebook community …
Today poet Mary Oliver died. It was her poem Snow Geese in her book Why I Wake Early that first captured my attention. It begins with the beautiful lines: O to love what is lovely …
