In my book, I feature one of my poems: “Knee-Mail.” Here is the backstory behind that poem: In this high-tech world of ours, with everyone Facebooking, Twittering, emailing, texting, cell-phoning, etc., many, many times throughout the day, I realized that we can reach other people with these various forms of communication, but we cannot reach God in any way outside of prayer. Prayer is even more powerful than the high-tech equipment we use to communicate. The only way ever to…..
In my book, I feature one of my poems: “The Depth of the Well.” Here is the backstory behind that poem: I wrote this poem while in Arizona. I was visiting one of those old-time, western shopping towns where you feel you are in a western movie set, but it’s really for shopping in board-walk shops with swinging doors. While there, I saw a wooden well off in the distance. I strolled over to it to look down the well…..
In my book, I feature one of my poems: “Answered Prayer.” Here is the backstory behind that poem: How often have we prayed and felt, just because we did not get an answer right then or did not receive the answer that we wanted, that the answer must be a “no” ? Really, God has other, better plans that we just don’t see. I was inspired to write this poem when my husband applied for a position with a company…..
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and I am excited to announce the launch of my recently published book, “The Fingers of God.” It is a Christian inspirational book containing 237 poems to give inspiration and hope to those who need to be uplifted during any point in their life. This is often a difficult hurry-up, do-it-now world, and God’s love does reach down and touch the lives of each of us in the sometimes depressing and lonely situations we each…..