Download or read book Poems to Encourage Your Soul written by E. Robin Northrup and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following poems were written out of lessons He taught me. Some songs and poems were from my heart of worship. Some were evangelistic. At times, when I felt sad, I would reread the poems to encourage myself.

Download or read book Oasis for My Soul written by Tracey L. Moore and published by Tracey L. Moore. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOD WANTS TO QUENCH YOUR SPIRITUAL THIRST.* Do you ever feel spiritually "dry"?* Do you want a deeper, more personal relationship with God?* Do you want to be emotionally whole? Oasis for My Soul is a collection of poems, poetic prayers, praise and scripturally based inspirational writings intended to feed your spirit and refresh your soul. If you are having a spiritual "dry spell," the power-packed entries will hydrate, nourish, encourage, and inspire you to develop a deeper and more satisfying relationship with the Master, the true Oasis for our souls. You will be challenged to move to a higher plane in your walk with Christ through the writings, thought-provoking journaling exercises, and pertinent prayers that will help you to:* Receive a new level of spiritual awareness. * Enhance your personal and spiritual growth.* Build self-esteem and aggressively move toward wholeness.* Maintain faith and hope in difficult times.* Challenge the devil's negative "thought bombs." Tracey L. Moore (a.k.a. The Purposeful Poet) wants to take you down a spiritually poetic trail and challenge you to be your best for Christ. She holds a Master's degree in Christian Counseling from Oral Roberts University and currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia. Learn more about Tracey at www.TraceyLMoore.com

Download or read book Look to the Clearing written by Susan Frybort and published by New Leaf Distribution. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Frybort steps into the eye of bewildering times with a fresh collection of encouraging poems that bravely speak to the many facets of life. Connections, transitions, loss, and change meet us in the center of our hearts. Look to the Clearing will offer a cornerstone of comfort and validation in the moments most needed. It will assure you that there is a way out of the dark, a promise tucked inside each purposeful season and a calm, benevolent grace walking beside you on your path towards home. We move through dense forest into open glades on our journey, creating experiences of going from shadow to light, from enclosure into spaciousness- allowing for a different level of perspective, appreciation, and acceptance. Each poem is a loving reminder of a place waiting for you to softly land. A place to integrate, be nurtured, or rest. A place of much needed restoration, where the sunlight filters through the leaves to offer clarity.

Download or read book Life Lines Poems to Uplift and Inspire written by Melanie Korach and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of light, delightful poems emitting inspiration and hope to all those taking these words to heart. A true uplifter to all mankind by an exceptional Canadian educator and person. This collection of works is truly awe-inspiring and encapsulates the teachings of renowned authors of self-image and improvement in a wonderful way of presentation - You've turned poetry into a tool of hope and sunshine. I'm very proud - Dad!

Download or read book Poems of Healing written by Karl Kirchwey and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable Pocket Poets anthology of poems from around the world and across the centuries about illness and healing, both physical and spiritual. From ancient Greece and Rome up to the present moment, poets have responded with sensitivity and insight to the troubles of the human body and mind. Poems of Healing gathers a treasury of such poems, tracing the many possible journeys of physical and spiritual illness, injury, and recovery, from John Donne’s “Hymne to God My God, In My Sicknesse” and Emily Dickinson’s “The Soul has Bandaged moments” to Eavan Boland’s “Anorexic,” from W.H. Auden’s “Miss Gee” to Lucille Clifton’s “Cancer,” and from D.H. Lawrence’s “The Ship of Death” to Rafael Campo’s “Antidote” and Seamus Heaney’s “Miracle.” Here are poems from around the world, by Sappho, Milton, Baudelaire, Longfellow, Cavafy, and Omar Khayyam; by Stevens, Lowell, and Plath; by Zbigniew Herbert, Louise Bogan, Yehuda Amichai, Mark Strand, and Natalia Toledo. Messages of hope in the midst of pain—in such moving poems as Adam Zagajewski’s “Try to Praise the Mutilated World,” George Herbert’s “The Flower,” Wisława Szymborska’s “The End and the Beginning,” Gwendolyn Brooks’ “when you have forgotten Sunday: the love story” and Stevie Smith’s “Away, Melancholy”—make this the perfect gift to accompany anyone on a journey of healing. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.

Download or read book Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul written by and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary celebration of the poet's craft opens the attentive reader's heart to the world of the spirit. Author/compilers Judith Valente and Charles Reynard, noted poets themselves, share elected poems that probe the classic themes of the spiritual life.

Download or read book Heal Your Soul Heal the World written by June Cotner and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While collecting poems and prayers for two of her recent books, June Cotner noticed that many of the award-winning poets submitted beautiful poetry that didn't meet the themes of either of the books she was working on, yet seemed to fall into a natural grouping of their own. The selections in Heal Your Soul, Heal the World are all tied to the theme of global harmony and the interconnectedness between all things in the universe. As we approach the new millennium, people are realizing that differences they once thought were enormous have been minimized in the spirit of unity in diversity. That's the focus of Heal Your Soul, Heal the World, an illuminating book that reflects on the connections between humanity, spirituality, and nature. Through some 150 prayers and poems, Heal Your Soul, Heal the World offers comfort, healing, and inspiration to everyone who lives in this ever-changing world.In Heal Your Soul, Heal the World, a wealth of writers offer compelling reflections about the universe in powerful verse -- from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Gandhi, from Mother Teresa to the Buddha, and from Walt Whitman to lesser-known, visionary poets. Divided into easily referenced chapters to aid those looking for a prayer or poem to fit a particular occasion, Heal Your Soul, Heal the World covers a wide variety of themes, such as love, wonder, tolerance, and hope. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it, said Chief Seattle. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

Download or read book The Soul in Paraphrase written by Leland Ryken and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians throughout the ages have written poetry as a way to commune with and teach about God, communicating rich truths and enduring beauty through their art. These poems, when read devotionally, provide a unique way for Christians to deepen their spiritual insight and experience. In this collection of over 90 poems by poets such as Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, and over 30 more, literary expert Leland Ryken introduces readers to the best of the best in devotional poetry, providing commentary that helps them see and appreciate not only the literary beauty of these poems but also the spiritual truths they contain. Literary-inclined readers and first-time poetry readers alike will relish this one-of-a-kind anthology carefully compiled to help them encounter God in fresh ways.

Download or read book Permission to Feel written by Sandra Fazio and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After leaving the corporate world and receiving a message from The Universe, Sandra Fazio embarked on a passionate mission to help others raise their personal and collective self-awareness. Sandra’s poems in Permission to Feel are a collection of many reflections in a storytelling fashion from her motherhood journey, daily encounters in the world, interactions with her coaching clients, personal interpretations of wisdom teachings and her attempts to balance life as a whole between her humanness and spirit. The reader will travel with her lyrically through her experiences not only as parent and child but through all channels of life - touching upon pain and purpose, surrender and acceptance, trials and transformation and more. Throughout this outstanding and revealing collection of work, Sandra holds nothing back and encourages us to embark on our own journey of innerexploration to fully embrace all of life’s messiness while cultivating selfcompassion, clarity, personal growth, and ultimately awakened consciousness.

Download or read book Morning s Curtain written by Michael Spence and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morning’s Curtain is a collection of poems written by author, Michael Spence. With headings such as I Am . . . Hope, Never Quarantine Your Dreams, We Died For You, and Roll Back Your Stone, his poems will warm your heart and invigorate your soul. His poetry reminds us that—in good times or bad—the currency we exchange with each other must always be hope. With each rise of Morning’s Curtain, our hope for a better today and brighter tomorrow rises with it.

Download or read book Poems to Make the Soul Sing written by Alan Jacobs and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully designed collection of mystical poems to soothe, inspire and rejuvenate the soul. With a body of work spanning the centuries, from the Vedas to St Teresa of Avila, Rumi and Rilke, and arranged by transcendent themes, this book will connect readers with nature, with the stillness within themselves and with the Divine. When your soul hungers for peace, knowledge or comfort, there is no answer as profound as poetry. In a world that is increasingly noisy and disconnected from the Divine, this wonderfully inspiring collection of poems for the soul from mystics of all traditions encourages readers to listen to their own hearts, marvel at the wonder of nature and explore profound truths of life, death, eternity and God. With its elegant design and comprehensive selection of poets, the volume is ideal for gifting. Themed chapters allow readers to choose topics to explore, including: DIVINITY – what is the nature of God or the One? TRANSCENDENCE – what deep truths can we find in our spiritual quest? LOVE – how can we give and cherish most profoundly? DEVOTION – how should we explore and affirm our faith? PEACE – how can we find stillness amidst turmoil and loss? NATURE – what lessons can we learn from creation? SPIRIT – what is sacred about the individual self? From the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas and the Song of Solomon to the Divine Comedy and the Rubaiyat of Mar Khayyam, readers will find all the great mystical writers, including Attar, Ansari, St Francis of Assisi, Lao Tzu, John Donne, John Bunyan, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Elizabeth Barratt Browning, Christine Rossetti and Walt Whitman, as well as many fine but lesser-known spiritual writers. A book to give as a thoughtful gift, and also one to treasure.

Download or read book Christ to Encourage Your Soul and Spirit written by Marites Culangen Bernal and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ive been through hard times and Jesus gives me encouragement to move on through life. On these difficult moments, I just poured it all out in poems. As He encourages my soul and spirit, I believe Jesus will do that to you, too.

Download or read book Call Me by My True Names written by Thich Nhat Hanh and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2001-08-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry by the renowned Zen meditation teacher, peace activist, and author of The Miracle of Mindfulness Though he is best known for his groundbreaking and accessible works on applying mindfulness to everyday life, Thich Nhat Hanh is also a distinguished poet and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. This stunning poetry collection explores these lesser-known facets of Nhat Hanh’s life, revealing not only his path to becoming a Zen meditation teacher but his skill as a poet, his achievements as a peace activist, and his experiences as a young refugee. Through over fifty poems, Nhat Hanh reveals the stories of his past—from his childhood in war-torn Vietnam to the beginnings of his own spiritual journey—and shares his ideas on how we can come together to create a more peaceful, mindful world. Uplifting, insightful, and profound, Call Me By My True Names is at once an exquisite work of poetry and a portrait of one of the world’s greatest Zen masters and peacemakers. “The clear, still mind of this meditation teacher gives rise to piercing images time and time again. Nhat Hanh seems an inherently skilled poet. It is these poetic works, more than his essays or lectures, that show Thich Nhat Hanh clearly to be a Zen mystic.” —San Francisco Chronicle "Thich Nhat Hanh's poems have an almost uncanny power to disarm delusion, awaken compassion, and carry the mind into the immediate presence of meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha". - Sogyal Rinpoche.

Download or read book Poems for Your Soul written by Cenca King and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poems for Your Soul" is full of encouraging poems that will not only encourage readers, but will also brighten their darkest moments. Cenca has transformed his life lessons from scripture to present a vivid picture of the beauty that constantly surrounds us. "Poems for Your Soul" displays God's goodness and demonstrates how to overcome the trials or tribulations of everyday life.

Download or read book My Soul Feels Lean written by Joyce Rupp and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long beloved for her artful prayers, best-selling author Joyce Rupp presents an entirely new collection of 106 meditative poems on a theme she has woven masterfully through all her writing--the pain of loss and the hope of restoration. My Soul Feels Lean is a journey into compassion. Drawing on insights from her Christian faith and a lifelong connection to the Iowa farmland of her birth, Joyce Rupp explores themes of loss and restoration in this luminous collection of poems. Returning to an undercurrent in her work since the publication of Praying Our Goodbyes, Rupp offers here sensitive insights on the pain of loss and the hope she finds when she is willing to let go and trust. Rupp's leanness of soul has taught her to observe and celebrate the harsh beauty of life. "Loss has encouraged me to find joy and meaning here instead of pining for it elsewhere," she writes, "to live more simply and be content with less, to appreciate more fully what I now have."

Download or read book Embrace Life written by Robyn Clark and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robyns book contains inspirational poems, affirmations, and short stories to help guide you through difficult times in your lifeto uplift you and help you know that you are always surrounded by light and love. May her words of sunshine bring warmth to your heart and a sense of peace to your soul. Embrace Life is a gentle reminder of how magnificent and special you are.

Download or read book Good Bones written by Maggie Smith and published by Tupelo Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring “Good Bones”—called “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world. Maggie Smith's previous books are The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo, 2015), Lamp of the Body (Red Hen, 2005), and three prize-winning chapbooks: Disasterology (Dream Horse, 2016), The List of Dangers (Kent State, 2010), and Nesting Dolls (Pudding House, 2005). Her poem “Good Bones” has gone viral—tweeted and translated across the world, featured on the TV drama Madam Secretary, and called the “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International, earning news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, the Guardian, and beyond. Maggie Smith was named the 2016 Ohio Poet of the Year. “Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as she unravels the universe, pulls at a loose thread and lets the whole thing tumble around us, sometimes beautiful, sometimes achingly hard. Truthful, tender, and unafraid of the dark....”—Ada Limón “As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light,' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'”—D. A. Powell “Good Bones is an extraordinary book. Maggie Smith demonstrates what happens when an abundance of heart and intelligence meets the hands of a master craftsperson, reminding us again that the world, for a true poet, is blessedly inexhaustible.”—Erin Belieu