Lost Time: Chapter 3
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 278 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. Joyce is gone again. To the…
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Dance Me Around: Living a Life of Faith
Have you ever danced with a partner? Parent, sibling, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, whoever it was. I don’t mean that everybody-doing-their-own-dance, but real, structured partner dancing, like a waltz, foxtrot or swing dance. As a…
Lost Time: Chapter 2
By Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 865 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. Day after day , Gabriel’s unwavering…
Lost Time: Chapter 1
by Jocelyne Ross Word Count: 500 Rating: G Summary: While Joyce lies comatose, she relives her life with her husband and family, as they try to wake her up. Author's Note: To my husband David…
Morality and Christian Values in Literature
Morality is written into our hearts. No one can claim any differently. As C.S. Lewis points out in Mere Christianity, even someone who claims to disregard moral standards will invariably complain when someone picks his…
Prayer Place
Bible Reflection Read Jeremiah 31. Okay, if you are short on time, just read verses 7-14. But seriously, read the whole thing as soon as you get a chance (preferably now, before I start my…
Pontius Pilate’s Pleynt
My Caesar and my Empire have I served, A diplomatic functionary, true To distant duties, and never unnerved By greedy Greek or perfidious Jew. Outside the arca archa have I thought, Festooned my desk and…
Thoughts on Lent and Letting Go
Before we begin let me confess I gave up nothing for Lent this year; sure there was this vague promise to give up ‘negativity’, but that lasted all of fifteen minutes so… The truth is,…
Posing for Selfies at the Foot of the Cross
By Mack Hall Word Count: 77 Rated: PG-13 for thematic imagery Summary: A short poem about the fallen nature of the world. A Doctor Mengele can cut and sew (more…)
The Timeless Need for Forgiveness
Just as it is important to believe in God’s mercy and forgiveness, it is also necessary to base our relationship with others on forgiveness. To expect God’s forgiveness, we should forgive those who do wrong…