A conversation with Author Tim Carter about religion, poetry, and life. Formerly the "Living in God's Rhyme Podcast".
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Play on Words presents the POWer Half Hour; 30-ish minutes of artists, writers, and performers discussing their craft, their work, and where they're from. Your host, Ryan Alpers, pairs recordings of live performances with in studio interviews with the artists, writers, and performers to explore the creative process. Please comment, rate us on iTunes and follow us on Sound Cloud! Thank you!
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100, 10-10, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 4/20/2023) Today we are reading and discussing a poem about what God has offered us and 2 new poems written for today’s podcast. We’ll start with a poem from God’s Rhyme, on page 106. JOHN 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not peri…
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99, 10-9, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 4/13/2023) Today we will be reading poems about prayer. The first poem is in God’s Rhyme on pg. 33. PRAYER Dear Jesus, how do I pray, what do I say? What words do I speak for the peace that I seek? I give thanks to You for all that You do, for the blessings You are giving in this life I am living. I pra…
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98, 10-8, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 4/6/2023) Today we are reading and discussing 3 poems about Jesus, the Lamb of God, what He has done for us and the blessings that we receive as we receive as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, lived on the earth as one of us, a life without sin, took the sins of the world upon Himself, as called …
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97, 10-7, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 3/30/2023) Today we will be discussion the call to missions in our lives. We are called to spread the gospel to the nations. THE MISSIONARY’S MISSION (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 65) They leave the comfort of home Where they were raised and grown, Where seeds of faith were sown, By those who gave them a …
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96, 10-6, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 3/23/2023) Today we are going to follow up on Dave’s suggestion to read a specific poem. This poem has one of my favorite titles, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrowday. Sometimes I like to play with words and even make my own words. Yesterday, today and tomorrow are all days of our lives. And no, I have not …
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95, 10-5, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 3/16/23) Last week I asked for prayers that God would answer a question: Should I read poems I have written and posted on Facebook about the times we are living in. My concern was the political content of some of the poems. And again, I am stating that it is not the politics of today I want to discuss, …
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94, 10-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 3/9/2023) Today, we will be reading and discussing 4 consecutive poems from God’s Rhyme. They are found on pages 5 through 11. My journey to salvation may sound unusual to some. I first had the desire to know Jesus and understand His love for me through the love Father Larry Dunn shared. I have shared b…
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93,10-3, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 3/2/2023) Revised 2/26/2023 Today we will be reading and discussing poems about what God gives us. AS ONLY YOU CAN (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 116) I look at the clouds and I wonder aloud What lies beyond the skies? What ever can be though looking I cannot see. I look at the wonder of it all and I hear y…
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10-2, 10-2, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 2/23/23) Today we have poems about prayer and a poem competition that I think I lost years ago. The first poem is unpublished and was written in September of 2020. AN ANSWER TO PRAYER I thought I could stop The up and down hop Going on in my mind. Could peace again I find? Speak up Shut up What is rig…
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91,10-1, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 2/16/2023) Corrections 2/12/23 Today 2 poems that could have been part of last week podcast. One about church and one about the Cornerstone. And 2 more unpublished poems. CHURCH IN THE SKY The steps into the church Leading to the Heavens Once filled with believers Looking beyond the day All that was hear…
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90, 9-10, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 2/10/2023) Three poems today, one from each book. They all were inspired by thoughts of church. The first one is from God Still Rhymes, and is found on pg. 67. UNDER THE STEEPLE Everyday people under the steeple, bells are ringing, voices are singing songs of praise for the life he did raise, Jesus Chri…
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89, 9-9, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 2/2/2023) Today we will be reading and discussing 3 poems from the Last Notebook, an umpublished manuscript from 2020. March 29, 2020 An interesting evening last night and an interesting morning today. Interesting, more like enlightening. The following poem is a result of last night’s revelation from God…
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88, 9-8, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 1/26/2022) Today we are going to follow up on a thought that came to me during last week’s podcast – Colors, In looking through poems I found 3 with the word color in the title. Unfortunately the last one I hoped to us is rather lengthy and I couldn’t break it down into sections that would make it easier…
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87, 9-7, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 1/20/2023) Corrections, 1/15/23 Today we are reading and discussing poems from the first book, God’s Rhyme. The first two were written in the late 1970’s, when I first stated to fully understand God’s word and got to truly know Jesus and salvation. The third poem was written in 2014. MY FRIEND JESUS (pg.…
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86, 9-6, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (1/12/2023) Today, 1 poem from God’s Rhyme & 2 recent ones. THE RETURN (God’s Rhyme, Pg. 38) listen – I hear, I hear a whisper; a sound ever so gentle, as if a cool breeze comforting in the heat were found when standing still. Shh . . . . . I hear it again, calling, calling me, . . . “come, come, you are falling, f…
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85, 9-5, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 1/5/2023) Today we have a mix of poems. Three are poems written on the Notes app on my phone and one is from Living In God’s Rhyme. The theme that ties them all together is Jesus. BROKEN HEALING Thinking of words that rhyme Yes, I do this all the time There’s that voice There’s a choice Then . . . When .…
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84, 9-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 12/29/2022) Today we are going to talk about the new year and what it can and hopefully will mean for us. We’ll start with a poem that comes after the Christmas poems in God Still Rhymes. This poem was probably written in 2017 THE YEAR’S LAST THOUGHT (God Still Rhymes, pg. 125) (Not what it ought Not wha…
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83, 9-3, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (12/22/2022) Today, 2 Christmas poems from the unpublished manuscript, The Last Notebook and one from God’s Rhyme. . THANK YOU JESUS Read the text, Know what’s next. Jesus is risen, Sins forgiven. We will know, He will show The great sorrow Of tomorrow. From the grave He did save. When fear Is near, Then upon us, I…
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82, 9-2, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 12/15/2022 ) Poem added 12/11/22 Today we are reading and discussing 2 poems about walking with God and Living in His light. We are also reading a Christmas card poem that can be found in Living in God’s Rhyme. Discussion: WALK WITH GOD For every season There is a reason. In the good times And those not …
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We are back from the break, and happy to be back 81, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 12/8/2022) Returning from November hiatus. 1. The why 2. The rest 3. The rethinking 4. The result 5. The praying Our first poem is titled ONE SUNDAY IN CHURCH Let the little children dance to the Lord, And in doing so find the lost chord. May they dance a song …
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80, 8-10, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 10/27/22) Today, more cell phone notes app poems. Discussion: Update for November podcasts THE SHADOW ON THE WALL Entering the room I heard a sound. Looking as I turned around I saw a shadow on the wall. And again I heard a voice call. There was only me. How could this be? The shadow did not move, Nor d…
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79, 8-9, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 10/20/2022) Today we will be reading more poems that were written at night on the notes app on my cell phone. LEAD ME Jesus, lead me Where I do not see So that I may be More than just me But become we 6/25/21, tcarter Discussion: 4 A.M. WEDNESDAY MORNING Come on into the light Where all is ever bright, W…
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Season 8, Episode 8, Let God Write the Song
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78, 8-8, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 10/13/2022) Today we will be reading and discussing poems about prayer and God’s rhyme written later at night, sitting on the edge of the bed on my cell phone. ONE AND THE NEXT DAY The end of my day, I took time to pray. Nothing left to say, Except . . . I praise God for leading me From where I could not…
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77, 8-7, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 10/6/2022) Today, poems about the joy of the peace of living our days with God in our lives, living in the promise and hope we have in Jesus. THE GATHERING LAMB (God’s Rhyme, pg. 110) “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of…
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Season 8, Episode 6, The World and God
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76-8-6, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 9/29/2022) Today we are going to read poems about and discuss man’s rebellion against God; what it has done and what we can do about it. BROKEN HEARTED (God’s Rhyme, pg. 141) A chosen people led to a land promised by God, And in another land God chosen by the people. I. The Promised Land After the fall of…
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Season 8, Episode 5 Peter Foxwell Interview Part 2
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75, 8-5, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 9/22/2022) Peter Foxwell Interview, Part 2 Today we have part 2 of our interview with Peter Foxwell, the Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Clyde MI. Discussion: INTERVIEW, PART 2 I would , as I did last week, read a poem inspired by Cornerstone Church. WINDOWS TO GOD ( God Still Rhymes, pg. 65) Continue di…
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74, 8-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 9/15/2022) Peter Foxwell Interview, Part 1 INTERVIEW, PART 1 Today we are going to share Part 1 of our interview with Peter Foxwell, the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Clyde, MI, just outside of Port Huron. This the church I attend. I have always found the parts of Peter’s story that I knew to be intere…
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Season 8, Episode 3, His Call, The Truth
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73, 8-3, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (9/9/2022) Recent poems, some written on my notes app an my cell phone, others written in a notebook or random piece of paper, and one on the computer. No set theme, only the theme of my wandering mind. THE ROAD As the week is ending I am feeling God’s mending Through the love He is giving. With the world I am deal…
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Season 8 Episode 2, The Cross and The Armor
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72,8-2, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS (Scheduled 9/1/2022) Today we are going to talk about taking up our cross and following Jesus. I was given a wooden cross that gave me the inspiration for today’s podcast. We’ll start with three times in The Bible Jesus tells those He is with to do this. Matthew 16:24-26 NKJV, Jesus is with His disciples after feedin…
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Season 8, Episode 1, God's Inspiration
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71, 8-1, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS (Scheduled August 26, 2022) Today we will be reading and discussing poems that were influenced by a picture or object that inspired me. THE CLOCK, THE TIME, OUR HOURS (God Still Rhymes, pg 7) Time, is it ours or is it hours, The hands that do not move? As we move through time Do we make life rhymes? Whose face is on…
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S7, E10, Our Light Through The Night
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70, 7-10, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Revised 8/13/22 (Scheduled August 19, 2022) Today we are reading and discussing my evenings before going to bed. I like to sit on the edge of the bed before I actually get into bed and write a short poem on the Notes app on my cell phone. Today we will be reading some of those poems. PSALM 51:10 10 Create in me a …
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69, 7-9, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Today we are going to read poems and discus where faith leads us. All of the poems are from Living In God’s Rhyme. THE GENTLENESS OF FAITH (pg. 125) Our faith is a reflection That upon recollection By those whose lives we passed. Will see a love that lasts. Our faith is not quarrelsome, We speak in gentle tones To …
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Season 7, Episode 8, The Truth of His Word Reigns
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67, 7-8, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (8/4/2022) Today: Christian faith and the world view have been at odds since the time of Jesus’ resurrection. I am using the word faith instead of religion because faith is from God not religion without the reforms man has instituted into religion. We Christians must be able to separate the word of God from the wor…
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Season 7, Episode 7, God's Poetic Love
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67, 7-7, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (July 29, 2022) Today we are going to talk about love, God’s love and our love. Reading poems about love came to mind having written down the words of I Corinthians, Chapter 13, verse in a notebook after reading one night. I have been wanting to use this verse as the theme of a podcast ever since. As I prayed about…
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Season 7, Episode 6, Jesus, My Proof Reader
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Tim Carter sees God everywhere, even in the most difficult of times, reminding us that God is present in all moments of life. "I will let God give to me his all as I hear his call." Tim Carter is a Christian poet and author. He has written two books of Christian poetry, "God's Rhyme: Expressions of Faith" and "Living in God's Rhyme." This is Tim Ca…
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Season 7, Episode 5, Running With His Grace
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65, 7-5, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Today we will be reading and discussing poems about ,the beginnng of our rebirth as Christians, then living our lives to reach the goal, the quiet of our faith, and the grace of God. 2wo poems each from God’s Rhyme and God Still Rhymes. Discussion: WE WERE BORN IN BETHLEHEM (GR, pg. 90) We are the children of the F…
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64, 7-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Today we will read and discuss poems about my need to be open to God through my day, throughout my life: what do I have to offer to God’ and finally thoughts I on the way to church one Sunday. All of the poems are from Living In God’s Rhyme. Just a side note for the show notes: in one of my radio interviews I was a…
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63, 7-3, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Today we are starting with the poems for Chapter 2 of God Still Rhymes. It is titled Just a Thought with a note that says, not long to read, not that long to write. Chapter 2 can be found on pages 11 - 19. I Wonder What I wonder what does this mean Snow falling in a summer scene Leaves falling from autumn trees Fro…
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S7E2 Jesus, Our Friend and Cornerstone
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61,7-2, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (6/23/2022) Today is all about God’s Rhyme, poems from the first book, God’s Rhyme first published in 2015. The first part of the book has poems I wrote in the 1970s and 80s for The Jesus Poems. I submitted the manuscript for publishing in 1983. It was accepted for publishing, but I could not afford it at the time. …
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61, 7-1, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (6/16/2022 ) Today we will be presenting the late night edition of Living In God’s Rhyme podcast. The poems we will be reading and discussing were written on my notes app on my cell phone at night as I sat on the edge of the bed. When finished, usually between 9:00 and 10:30 at night, I would post them to my person…
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Season 6, Episode 10, God's Love Has Won
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60, 6-10, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (6/10/2022 ) When life gets in my way, or when I get in the way, then feeling God’s love again. SHAKEN What we hold dear, Overcoming fear Of what has been taken When our life is shaken. It is then to rest, Time to be blessed, Know that what was lost, It was worth the cost. The pain of loss, Lost at the cross, The …
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Season 6, Episode 9, We Are God's Children
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59, 6-9, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 6/3/2022) Today we are going to talk about children. Our children and the trust they have in us. And as God’s children do we come to Him? As children do we know how to pray? This first reading is from a tentative manuscript title Moments of Rhymes in God’s Times. This is the Facebook post: I need your he…
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Season 6, Episode 8, God will Overcome
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Today, 2 unpublished and 2 published from Living In God’s Rhyme. Today my hope, my prayer is that it is God’s words, not my words, and God’s voice, not my voice that are heard. May the power of God lift us up as we read and discuss today’s poems. 8/11/19 A daily devotional I was given by a neighbor and I have been reading has led me to new understa…
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57, 6-7, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 5/20/2022) Today’s theme is, He is always there. He is God of the good times and is God over the bad times. We’ll start with what started as 3 but became 4 recently written unpublished poems. TO WANDER AND WONDER He sat under a bridge Overlooking the ridge White skies of blues And various hues It had bee…
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56.6-6, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, Unpublished poems from the Last Notebook manuscript. The poems were written in March and April of 2020. THE LAST NINE PAGES Over the years there have been written Many pages of the times I was bitten, More pages of when I was smitten While living in Michigan, the mitten. Now though has come the time To confess all m…
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Season 6, Episode 5, From the Notebooks
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55, 6-5, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (5/6/2022) Today we have poems the unpublished THE NEXT NOTEOOK and THE LAST NOTEBOOK. The first one is from April 26, 2020, Facebook UNFINISHED Thought One: Drive on through the rain Whatever the pain. At the end of the day It is His way. As I drive the highways I often find Thoughts of my ways Litter my mind. The…
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Season 6, Episode 4, Follow His Rhymes
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54, 6-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 4/29/2022) Today, we will be reading and discussing unpublished poems, no planned theme. We’ll just see where we are led. THIS WORLD AND THE DOOR He made an about face And then he found his faith. His journey has been long. Among friends he felt strong, Living, loving the days And his carefree ways. One …
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Season 6, Episode 3, Sing a Song of Praise
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53, 6-3, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (4/22/2022) Today’s podcast is about song lyrics. I have written lyrics for a few songs, but only a few with music also. I played the trombone from 5th through 8th grades. I college I bought an alto recorder and eventually graduated to a tenor recorder. I was able to play songs by ear. Later I was able to write the…
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Season 6, Episode 2, Friday was not the End
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52, 6-2, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS (4/15/2022) Today is Good Friday and we prepare for the celebration of Easter this Sunday, the resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus. Today we have poems from all three books that were written about this time. Discussion: The first one is from God’s Rhyme, pg. 99 WHEN DID JESUS PRAY ABBA? Someone asked, “Did Jesus c…
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Season 6, Episode 1, Here Today, Where Tomorrow
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51, 6-1, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (4/8/22) Season 6, Episode 1, who would have thought? Only with God. Amen Reflection of the previous seasons: Today we have one poem from God Still Rhymes and 3 unpublished poems. My hope is that these poems will lead us to Palm Sunday and Easter. We’ll start with an unpublished poem, I WEPT I wept As a thought cre…
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