Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog

These days, (Christmas season) when I am asked how I'm doing  (regarding the sorrow of missing Lucy) I've come to realize the raw ed...

1 Sa.7:12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen.  He named it Ebenezer,[ a ] saying,  “Thus far the Lord has helped...

The Journey of Grief  As we face the journey of grief, no one hands us a map,  clearly marked with when we must navigate what, or how,  and ...

1 Pet.5:6-9 NIV Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand,  that he may lift you up in due time.  7 Cast all your anxiety on him...

I turn to Ps.119 over and over as sorrows, like sea billows roll... Ps.119:27-28 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:  so shall I ...

All the comforts of this world cannot replace the comforts of the Soul, wherewith Faith is cheered! All the wonders of the world cannot ecli...

Below, a photo of a handmade card from a friend, given almost a year ago... (the above verse one of my favs) On Sunday morning one of my stu...

A few favourite verses from Ps.40!  4-5 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust,  and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn ...

Sometimes, whether foolishly or wistfully I use the phrase 'heaven on earth' as I did this morning, while gazing awe-dazed, at a rai...

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,  for in you I trust.  Make me know the way I should go,  for to you I lift up my soul. Ps...

Dear Lucy, today marks nine months since you were suddenly called Home... May all of us who miss you so honour your memory by loving well th...