Download or read book Praying the Gospels Through Poetry written by Peggy Rosenthal and published by Franciscan Media. This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes we find that the best loved Gospel stories become so familiar that we can no longer respond to them, writes Rosenthal. Poetry's special art is to cast a fresh eye on the too familiar. Poetry's fresh eye may startle us with its different view.Praying the Gospels through Poetry: Lent to Easter casts the fresh eye of poetry on the Gospel readings for Lent and Holy Week as a new way to enter the Gospel stories and pray with them more fully. Useful for individuals or small groups, each chapter includes reflection on a poem pertaining to the Gospel by a contemporary (with one exception) poet, including David Craig, George Herbert, Andrew Hudgins, Mark Jarman, Paul Mariani, Vassar Miller, Eric Pankey, Ku Sang, Liliana Ursu and Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II).
Download or read book The Gospels in Our Image written by David Curzon and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1995 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique anthology brings together over 160 poems directly inspired by the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Readers will be surprised that such world rand authors as Yeats, Rilke, Borges, Eliot, Plath, Milosz, Lawrence, Pasternak, Celan, Akhmatova, Auden, and Wilbur are incisive biblical commentators as well. The poems, which range in tone from playful to confrontational and from ironic to sublime, are set alongside the biblical passages that inspired them. The Annunciation, the Nativity, the Temptations in the Wilderness, the Sermon on the Mount, the Parables, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and Resurrection, are just a few of the narratives that have captured these writers' imaginations. In revisting 2000 year old texts with a twentieth-century sensibility, the poets here bring meanin to them, and offer us a renewed appreciation of their importance.
Download or read book Preaching the Poetry of the Gospels written by Elizabeth Michael Boyle and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an understanding of the poetics of the Gospels, together with a reading of poetry inspired by them, make the homily an art form as compelling as a poetry performance? In Preaching the Poetry of the Gospels, Elizabeth Michael Boyle, O.P., offers a preaching guide to the Sunday Lectionary using the insights of poets to enliven and elicit more powerful homilies. Preaching the Poetry of the Gospels demonstrates that not only the Fourth Gospel but also the Synoptics can be read with special understanding when they are interpreted as narrative poetry. For each Sunday, from the first Sunday in Advent through Trinity Sunday, the author offers a poet's reflection on the literary devices in the liturgical texts, and a gathering of poems about the gospel event. Chapters are "Incarnation: Advent to Epiphany, " "Redemption: Ash Wednesday through Holy Week, " "Resurrection: The Sundays of Easter, " "Transformation: Ascension to Trinity Sunday, " and "Reclaiming the Poetry of Ordinary Time."
Download or read book Gospel Poetics written by Frederick Preston Annie and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of poetry is an opportunity to search for meaning in the Gospel of St. Matthew and a way to explore your soul. St. Mathew’s Gospel is a rich and fertile field producing abundant insights into life and the human condition. These poems cultivate this wisdom and translate it into poetry, amplifying its meaning and adding contemporary context and color. Once engaged in the poetic, the reader is offered additional insights generated by their own excited imagination. To aid the imagination, I have added an original abstract painting to each poem to enhance the experience. This experience of the Holy can be a path into the soul. Deep at the bottom of each of us is that spark of eternity that can only be ignited by the gift of faith. It is my hope that these poems will encourage the reader to examine that divine mystery that is planted deep within us by the very Word of God.
Download or read book The Poems of Jesus Christ written by and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words of Jesus Christ are restored to their original poetic form in this extraordinary volume. Jesus Christ, whose teachings have been on the lips of millions for two millennia, is revealed here as one of the greatest poets of all time. What happened to deafen us to the poetic nature of his words? In migrating from Aramaic speech into written Greek translation, and later into English translation, the lyrics got locked up as prose. In The Poems of Jesus Christ Willis Barnstone unveils the essential poetry of the Gospels by taking the direct speech of Jesus from Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, and lineating and titling Jesus’s words as individual poems. Jesus’s poems are wisdom lyrics and narrative parables, rich with garden, animal, and nature imagery. Austere and poignant, they carry the totality of the Gospels’ message through the intensity of a single voice––the Gospel of Jesus.
Download or read book Poetry My Bible and Me written by Raymond Huff and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poetry, My Bible and Me" is a unique written book of poetry, because many of the poems are Derived directly from scripture, love and life, and provides a new and fascinating way of being understood. The poems in this book, are not just words, but they have been inspired by the gifted author thru prayer, and spirit revelation, and lifetime experiences. Never will you see such a widely fashion of poetry combined in one book, that provides, knowledge, humor, and thought provoking conversations about the topics inside. The author has been preaching and teaching the gospel for years, and was led from within to put many scriptures, and experiences in a modern form of poetry, that has already inspired many who has heard his innovative style of writing. Trust me, it will be hard to pick a favorite, and hard to stop reading the same poems over and over again, as each line takes you on ride that will keep you enthused, intrigued and excited about what's coming next. A book, you will read more than once, and you will definitely share with others. "It's so hard to pick a favorite, because many of them reach you in different ways, and you just want to read them over and over again" -T. Fisher "His poems reach across race, religion and its content is suitable for all ages" -S. Conyers "There is a healing in his poetry, that reaches the very essence of your mind and soul..." -R. Trotter "Once you start to read a poem, you are fascinated, and intrigued by what's coming next" -E. Chatman "When I read one of the poems regarding scripture, I then want to go and read the passage of scripture he writes about" -D. Conyers
Download or read book Full Gospel Poetry written by Valerie Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full Gospel Poetry is a profoundly entertaining collection of poetic sermons which promote a deeper understanding of the Bible. Questions that will hopefully be answered include: Why did God the Son, Jesus take on a flesh body like ourselves? Since God our Father in Heaven is omnipotent, then why does He permit Satan, the devil to wreak havoc here on earth? Who were the Pharisees? Does God still heal today? What is the purpose of praying in tongues? How can you protect your mind from bad thoughts? Scripture verses are built right into the rhymes and present the reader with a purpose for researching said verses, while offering their explanation, thus encouraging Bible study.
Download or read book Poetry Inspired by the Bible written by Wanda L. Gauthney and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most people in the world, 2020 finds me in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Inspired by the Word of God and how God has something to say about every situation, I began to write seventy-five poems. It was February when the Holy Spirit prompted me to write God's Word in poetry, and needless to say, 2020 did not find me with nothing to do while in the house, wanting to follow the rules. I have been saved, born again, for thirty-two years. I am a native-born Philadelphian and attend the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. I love serving the Lord and serving people (i.e. Helping Hand Rescue Mission, women in prison, ushering, and more). My life verse is Matthew 5:16: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." While reading the first five verses in Joel 1, Wanda began to write. Nothing like This Has Ever Happened Before God gave a message to the prophet to say "listen," everyone See what's happening all around while you are still having fun It came upon the land quickly with a mighty and destructive force Tell your children, everyone, everywhere has been thrown off course Not in our time or your parent's time have we ever seen this before We ask when will it end, how long can it go on each day more and more Everyone, wake up including those who partied too hard and went to sleep Cry out and mourn, like it or not, you're on the wagon, now it is time to weep The virus will attack you no matter who you are, red, brown, black, or white Take heed and realize the seriousness of the situation, we can't win this fight All are closed, restaurants, gyms, malls, nail salons, barber shops, no relief And with virtual doctor's appointments, we pray nothing happens to our teeth We must seek to sense God's purpose for what is happening in the world today Only the Holy Spirit can help us to know what we should do before it all slips away
Download or read book Abound with Blessings written by Julia H. Crim and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of Christian poetry and prayer organized as a four-week cycle of morning and evening prayer and reflection, like a modern "Book of Hours."
Download or read book A Gospel Treasury written by Andrew Daughters and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to add something new, something fresh, to your lectionary worship experience? If you answered "Yes!" you will love this new collection by Andrew Daughters for Cycle B. Use these inspirational poems in your church's worship service as corporate readings, pastoral prayers, opportunities for lay involvement, or as private meditations. Or duplicate them for insertion in your parish newsletter or bulletin. However you choose to use them, this special collection will add vitality and meaning to your worship experience all year long. This book is part of a three-part set, which follows the Lectionary cycles A, B and C. Andrew Daughters is a former pastor of Saint Alban's Episcopal church in Brentwood, a small town in California. He has served in congregations small and large in California, Nevada, and Washington. Three times the small parishes he has pastored have grown to be self-supporting strong parishes. He still is partial to the small church. He and his wife live in a home they built in the California Delta.
Download or read book A Gospel Book written by Jan Miller and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gospel Book delivers the Good News of Jesus Christ! This poetic book is filled with the Word of God, giving messages that are relevant for this current season, as some of the language is apropos. One poem is unique, in that it contains imagery that reflects Scripture, which is noted in the title. A Gospel Book is also a reflection of the author's loving relationship with the Lord, with the last poem being about the Christmas Story. In this special book you will find Jesus from cover to cover!
Download or read book Gospel Poems written by Jeff Eyde and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, I have penned many different poems. This book is a small collection of Gospel poems. All of them were inspired by the Holy Spirit so that whoever reads them may know the true author is Christ. In doing so, you will give glory and honor unto God, our Heavenly Father.Some of them are short and to the point. Others, I am sure, will leave you questioning your own faith. My hope and prayer is they will challenge and inspire you to read your Bible. There are only twenty-five poems in this little book. If you are blessed to own one, please read them slowly with an open heart—allowing God's grace to fill you with his love, joy, and peace that surpasses all understanding through his revelation!
Download or read book Gospel Poetry Vol 1 written by Rosalee Ervin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gospel Poetry are feelings from the heart freeing itself to express life matters or concerns within the soul that cries out to the Lord. From the book of Psalms David danced, prayed and sung songs of poetry to our Father in heaven Creator and Master of all the heavens that bow down at the slightest whisper of His name. No prayers are overlooked in the kingdom of the Lord they are already blessed within your own thoughts because our Father knows the troubles of the heart that weighs heavy on your mind, body and soul.
Download or read book Just Because written by Melannie Svoboda and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry is a lot like prayer. Prayer is a lot like poetry. Why? Because they both arise from deep attentiveness to life. Reading this book is a uniquely beautiful experience that affirms Melannie's deep attention, not only to life, but to God's place within it. She invites readers to see everything as if for the first time: a rose, a grain of sand, a baby's laugh, a particular hurt, an interior joy or dread. Her prayer poems have the uncanny ability to put readers in the presence of the universal and eternal, thus connecting them with God, others, with nature, and the entire world. All the poems in these pages are invitations to prayer. They are simple, varied in form, and diverse in content and theme--and prayerful. Each is followed by a brief commentary about how the poem came to be; reflection questions for personal pondering and group sharing; suggested Scripture passages that relate to the poem; and an activitity or two for prayer and play.
Download or read book Poetry of Life written by Kenneth Mcintosh and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After reading that the great poets say that poetry makes truth more real and seeing so much poetry God used in the Bible, I became convinced that it must be true that verse makes truth more real. In 1996, I began writing Poetry from a Biblical Perspective with the goal of making the truth of the Bible more real. For the next twenty years, I wrote 230 carefully crafted poems drawn from the veracity and wisdom of God's word. It's my suggestion that when you feel discouraged and need hope, comfort, and guidance, go to this book to pick some poems that hopefully will give you fresh hope, encouragement, and guidance. The Bible says God in his divine power has granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness. It is my hope and prayer that you will discover something through the poetry that touches the heart, moves the imagination, and makes truth more real.
Download or read book The Gospel in Poems written by Mother Frances Burton and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is called The Gospel in Poems because many of the poems contain scripture and/or words taken from a scripture out of the Bible. All of our problems can be answered from a scripture or story in the Bible. The Bible is the oldest book on earth. All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. The poem aAlways Trya is for someone who thinks they cannot accomplish something. Even if you fail, get up and try again. After all, a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits. aBe Encourageda is for someone who feels like giving up. Most of the time the darkest hour is just before day. This book was certainly written with you in my mind and heart. I pray that everyone who reads these poems be strengthened, lifted and blessed by God!
Download or read book The Path of Prayer written by Shelley Safrit and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving reflections on the magnitude of God’s love encourage a closer walk with the Lord in The Path of Prayer. Each poem in this collection brings daily inspiration added to your Bible devotional time. Written from a heart of worship for Jesus, every word is meant to strengthen your walk with Him. Not only is this a poetry collection, but a corresponding Bible verse accompanies each poem. It is a journal, too, providing open space for you to record your daily thoughts and prayers. Write requests but also recall answers to prayer, praising the Lord every new morning. Poet Shelley Safrit became a Christian in 1994. Since then, she has written many poems gifted to her by the Lord during her quiet time. Using A Path of Prayer as a guide, meditate on God’s Word and listen for the gentle tug of the Holy Spirit in your life.
