Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog

  John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you,  that in Me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation;  but be of good che...

  Spiritual darkness is a lack of delight in God. Clinton Manley~ Advent is an in-between time, when we wait with desire for the second comi...

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 ...

  2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 14 For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge,  poets write a poem a day in the month of Novem...

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...

A bitty Thanksgiving Ditty... Phil.4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,  with thanksgiving, let your ...

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 ...

This post, though rather solemn, because of its sacred subject,  includes a hallelujah chorus that is bound to bring a smile to your day!  1...

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...

We all desire a beautiful life, as glorious as a chocolate-cherry hibiscus in full bloom! But there are certain conditions necessary for flo...

Rom.8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,  or famine, or nakedness, or per...

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