Learn about the meaning and story behind the poems that have been posted.
(Under Revision)
In Luke 15, Jesus shares three similar parables in response to the Pharisees' criticism of His receiving sinners and eating with them. These three parables portray the three ways Christ seeks and saves the lost. In the parable of the lost sheep, the stubborn animal has run away and is unable to come back to the fold. The shepherd lovingly...
During the summer of 2023, I had the privilege of attending a month-long training session for student missionaries wishing to work overseas. Coming in to the experience, I was expecting to simply learn tips on how to assimilate into a new culture, deal with different team dynamics, and perhaps learn a little bit of the new language. Instead, I...
Variations on a theme-- isn't that essentially what the Bible is? The core of the gospel message is simple: we were broken by sin; Christ came to heal and save us from that sin. See, simple!
In America we have the fresh water lilies. These beautiful lilies come up pure, spotless, perfect, without a single mar. They come up through a mass of debris. I said to my son, "I want you to make an effort to get me the stem of that lily as near the root as possible. I want you to understand...
Who can say in all honesty that they've never lost their temper and, in haste, said the wrong thing?
Have you ever had to say goodbye to something or someone you cared deeply about without fully knowing why God removed it from your life? During my second year of university, I underwent a similar experience that, although painful at the time, taught me an invaluable lesson.
There are moments in life when we have terrible ideas that somehow work out. This poem is the product of one such terrible idea that God aided in the end.
One of the most fundamental desires shared by all humanity is belonging and connection. Soon after creating Adam, God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone" (Genesis 2:18). Therefore, we know that the Creator intended all humans to enjoy connection and communion with Him and each other from the beginning.
You may have noticed that a lot of my work cycles through very similar themes. I think this is because I'm a slow learner, and it takes me forever to internalize the lessons God desires to teach me.
This was the first poem I ever wrote, and despite having taken me years to be confident enough to publish it, this was the exercise that made me fall in love with writing. I had taken classes on writing and structuring poetry during elementary and middle school, but I always found the exercise rather tedious and wasteful. But when...
This poem is just a fun little cluster of verses that came to mind while on holiday with my family. As I was laying on the beach, I became increasingly aware of the beauty and solemnity of the scene. The little things that were so often drowned out by distractions or worries of a regular work day came into focus,...
There have only been a handful of poems that have ever taken me longer than a few hours or days to write. This one is one of those, taking me over eighteen months to complete and being the longest rhyme scheme I've ever written. It started off as a personal prayer with a small reflection on Jesus' own experience,...
A while back, I had a friend who experienced bouts of discouraging struggles in his relationship with the Lord. He had the strongest desire to have a close connection with God, but every time he would begin his journey of revival and personal reform, he would hit the same wall of slow progress, strong temptations, and disheartening stumbles. When...
This poem was written as the dedicatory prayer for my senior yearbook in high school. The theme was based on the battle banner's history, its importance, and its relevance for us today.