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Here is another collection of 71 poems most of which were written over the past year. The collection also includes several poems from twenty years ago when I was serving as a pastor. They are subdivided into categories of general poetry, fantasy, love, Bible (Old Testament and New), and General Christian. The poems are done in free, blank, and rhyming verses.

Scotland in the post-Roman period was a wild, dark place, filled with warring, scrabbling Pictish tribes. The first brave Irish missionaries traveled there with the message of Christ near the end of the Fourth Century, A. D. Over the next decades others followed, establishing an outpost on the western Scottish island of Iona (ancient Iouan). From there over the next few centuries other missionaries at great sacrifice to themselves made the journey into the Hebrides, Scotland proper, and northern Briton and Saxon England (Northumbria). They carried with them the message about Jesus Christ ...

Paul Duerksen has written a second collection of original poems. They touch on general subjects (humorous and serious), events and themes from his fantasy novels, and the Bible (Old and New Testaments). He prefers rhyming verse and especially iambic pentameter and the sonnet format.

This is number six in a series of poetry books that I've been writing over the last six years. Like Volume V this one also contains a few poems that I wrote years ago. This volume is also different from all the others: it includes poetry that expresses emotions of rage, depression, and injustice at the hands of those who took advantage of the presence of the Chinese virus to force people to do what it was NEVER necessary for them to do in order to remain healthy in body, mind, and soul. I speak here of governors of certain states and mayors of many large cities. This book of poems is a ...

The existing United States Constitution has over time developed so many loopholes that were never imagined or conceived of by the Founders of this republic. This has happened through the history of gradual Left-leaning legal precedent and by erosive abuse over time. All political parties, the press, and unelected bureaucrats are responsible for this deliberate development. This new constitution will repair the damage that has been done to the republic by introducing more exacting restrictions on the federal government. It will also grant more rights to the states and the citizens thereof. ...

This book is a collection of poetry by the author. Most of the poems are based on the Bible and Christianity. They are both humorous and serious. They are satirical and whimsical. Just not all at once! The author works in several common rhyme schemes. Where biblical texts are referred to these are listed below the title of each poem.

Pastor Jim Hanson was stuck in his rut as a pastor in a small West Texas town. People in Kermit, Texas already considered him distracted, inattentive, and aloof. But one day in early March of 1994 something happened which took his life into a downward spiral. The something that happened was someone he saw that very quickly led him into an addiction to pornography. The fact that his moral life went downhill after that was all his fault. This book tells the story of how that happened, and how after he'd hit the bottom, he began to get some help. It's the story of his wife's faithfulness and ...

This is the fourth contribution to the author series that's titled "Collected Poems for Various Occasions". The content is similar to the others in that the poems are grouped in the categories of General or Various Subjects, Love, Old Testament and New Testament Inspirations, and General Christian subjects. The author is a retired Christian preacher and has been writing serious poetry since the 1980s. One distinctive feature of this work is the fact that he has finally published some of those early poems from the 1980s and 1990s. The author's goal in writing poetry is to help the reader see...

This is the story of a family that longed to have someone drop in on them for their annual Thanksgiving meal. When it finally happened they learned much more about where the gift of generosity can lead. Their new, mysterious guest recognizes the special plate on which he was served and even knows something about the host family's past.

Little is known of Paul of Thebes, the first Christian hermit. We know he grew up in Thebes, Egypt, inherited wealth from his parents as a teenager, and felt forced to flee Thebes when Roman persecutions against Christians began under Emperor Decius' brief reign. After searching and wandering in the wilderness he finally settled on a special haven enclosed by mountains where a single palm tree grew. And then? The man lived a life of prayer for the next eighty-plus years! What happened during all that time? In this imaginative historical novel I try to tell the meaningful, logical story of ...

Walking through a forest can inspire one to think of many things more than just nature. In my walks I've thought of the past: successes, disappointments, failures, longings, and lost loves. I think of the present: how things are now, how little there is about nature that we can control, and how people are always as they have been: steeped in sin but with the potential for great good and great discovery. But I pray that never on any such stroll will I forget all that has been given to me; all I did not deserve but was allowed to enjoy. Such is the stuff of life itself for anyone. In these ...

This is a collection of fictional stories written over a long period of years. Most of them were written in the nineties and read to the author's children when they were young. The stories range from moral tales, to science fiction, to epic fantasy. We enjoyed reading them aloud, and so will you.

It doesn't matter if you are religious or not. Everybody loves Christmas! The following are writings about this special holiday. Some of them are true and some of them are fiction. All of them are inspired by the story of Christ's birth in the Bible. Hopefully there's something here for everyone. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!