We are prompted by Holy Writ to ponder and think about things that are true, honest, lovely, and virtuous. Higher Thought is an attempt by the writer to consider many of life issues from a wholesome perspective. Written in an unusual manner, each question is considered in a prologue and then considered again in verse. Author William Rybolts writings range from contemplating higher thought to testing to the Prodigal Son. They cover a range of emotions, from humorous to serious to challengin...

This beautifully crafted edition offers the first, largest, and most complete collection ever of Helen Steiner Rice poems.From her remarkable body of work, this volume includes nearly four hundred original poems--sixteen of them rare and previously uncollected--and one never-before-published prayer discovered in the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation archives. Included are favorites like "The Praying Hands," "Heart Gifts," and "Tribute to John F. Kennedy."Organized topically int...

**“Overwhelmingly, though, the poems in This Day reveal the life of a person who cares about his relationship to the earth and the human community . . . His poems, whether they soothe or jolt, inspire or move to responsible action, aim at keeping ‘kindness’ and ‘kinship’ alive in the world. That alone makes This Day a book well worth reading, on a Sabbath or any other day of the week.” —**The Marginalia Review of BooksWendell Berry’s Sabb...

This is a collection of over 250 poems that altogether seeks to reflect man as both the poet and the actor who handles the helm of his own affairs, on a timed cruise, down his very own banked personal river. Using his abilities to compose and steer his poetic story, faring only as suitably as his capabilities and fate enables him.The essence of poetry is in its use of eloquent apt words to convey the poet’s exact thoughts, as they are felt or experienced by him. Like it is the actor...

The sound of silence is a book about nature, love and relationships.Nature has a profound touch or intimacy with man.This "touch" is most significant in all our interactions with it (nature itself).Incidentally, many do not have the time or the consciousness to tap into this refreshing and recreating power,that is manifest all around us.No wonder the Almighty in his initial plan,placed man in a garden! In this book such poems as Dilemma of a seer,Sunrise at dawn,The sound of silence and Fr...

Here is an extract from one of the many inspirational poems.Bless my soul, my true redeemer,In my mind and heart I am not a deceiver.Bless the life I enjoyed upon this earth,Give me all the joys, for all its worth.Bless my path when the hours are dark,Let me soar to your kingdom like a lark.Lord bless me every moment I open my eyes,And holding you close Ill never sigh.Bless my life oh Lord in quietness and peace,I need y...

These poems deal with how God, with tender love, powerful wisdom and patient invitation, intersects the lives of people, and how we may, if we wish, respond to such intervention. They touch on a variety of circumstances and influences that are the common experience of all, whether Christian or non-Christian: confusion, decision-making, defeat, disappointment, entanglement, forgiveness, marriage, national life, personal private devotion, prayer, resentment, success. It is hoped that the ind...

Treasures is a work that attempts to convey its message in an unorthodox manner. Not allowing himself to be limited in any way, the writer has delved into each topic using every contemporary material around him and yet laying out his work in a classic fashion. The writer employed various styles of writing: meter and rhyme. He injected the local materials like neva and even dared to invent words, such as adolicity. Treasures is made more profound by the liberality that it enjoys from the wr...

An opportunity to journey through the mind body and soul of a conscious poet. You are invited to encounter the expression of emotions that harmonize with a heartbeat of rhythms. Each artful entry makes a statement after guidance on verses that flow. Connect in the presence of this poetic vortex with a spirit that has written revelations, sensations, and creations.

“A Seed That Grew” is modern wisdom literature at its best. Poetry with rhythm, meter and impressive symmetry. Philosophy that leaves you with more questions than answers. Theology that summarizes and expounds upon scripture. Wisdom concepts that will expose you to countless extremes and guide you toward a mature perspective that avoids traps while exposing lies.

Because of their youth and immaturity, Jeans marriage to William Spradley, Sr., at a very young age was predicted to fail, but it survived fifty-nine years until his death in 1999. God provided them with three wonderful children, Bill, Jr., Betina and Bruce. She proudly claims that among her children and grandchildren a great deal of talent exists! Eugenia lives near Savannah, Georgia, close to her much-loved younger brother and wife, many nieces and nephews, and her church family and frie...

As secularism and commercialism proceed to dominate American life, the removal of structures that protect and nurture the spiritual experience has perilous effects.Values wane; greed, self-interest, and incidents of conflict alarm.Chambers of the soul are invaded and the dearest treasures sacked.Those most vulnerable are children and youth, the married, the poor, and the disconnected.While in his first book Songs of the Lesser Servantsthe author presented in poetry spiritu...