Category: April 2026
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Temple
This poem came from my meditation on Jonah 2:7-8. Jonah states, “When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.” As Christians, we are the temple…
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Thaumatrope
There’s a small toy I used to make back in elementary school called a thaumatrope (that’s the official term). I used to call it a “spinny thing”. I would paint a bird or spell a word out on either side of a piece of paper, attach it to a string…
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Sour Grapes
In Jonah 2, Jonah describes the feeling of drowning and hopelessness he felt when he was thrown from the ship headed to Tarshish. In verse 5 he says to the Lord, “The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my…
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Regret the river
The poem this week was inspired by Jonah 2, as well as a time when my closest friend told me that she could feel a “pit” inside me. At the time, I was taken aback, of course. Sure, we had gotten into an argument or two, but ultimately I didn’t…
Streams of Comfort 