Encouragement to pray Isa 45:19-25; Psa 9:10 My soul, take courage from the Lord; Believe and plead his holy word; To him alone do thou complain, Nor shalt thou seek his face in vain. Upon him call in humble prayer, Thou … Continue reading A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship, William Gadsby
My bosom was designed to be
A house of prayer, O Lord, for thee.
A temple undefiled; Continue reading My house is the house of prayer | PAROUSIA Magazine
ALTRUISM Bella jumps repeatedly As though she is Watching Private sparkling Explosions So I let her out To run around The messy yard – She is excited And amazed, Barking and playing Finding, perhaps, Moonlight in Early spring Afternoon Urban … Continue reading ALTRUISM by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
SHALOM The peace of wildflowers And a quiet serene lake. My breadth slows And barely exists. My soul rises quickly Through many dimensions, Finally resting On a breezy sea shore. Warm sand fills the Space between my toes. Clear blue-white … Continue reading SHALOM by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
she carries darkness into the forest dazed with obtuse undifferentiated gossip seeks refuge in the solitude of silent oaks speaking truth about hardship in her imagination she paints bare buildings vacant meadows, cold mountains lonely city streets details hazy, incomplete … Continue reading alone by Rick Davis and Jerry Swartout | PAROUSIA Magazine
JOY TO THE WORLD – GOOD NEWS IS HERE Compliment of the season to you. With great joy, Parousia releases it 4th Christian Poetry Chapbook. THE GODHEAD by Ayomipo E. ADEMILUSI Download and enjoy this amazing Poetry Chapbook. DOWNLOAD NOW … Continue reading THE GODHEAD by Ayomipo E. ADEMILUSI | Parousia Christian Poetry Chapbook | PAROUSIA Magazine
Even on Christmas day Several needs lie ungratified, like stray dogs with hungry bellies whose empty spaces are frozen by the bitter winter chill; mercifully though. There’s this man who lives alone just next door, middle-aged and widower or … Continue reading Even on Christmas day by Glennise Ayuk | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Christmas Cheer In a world that is filled with distress The light can still shine in darkness For while there was no room in the inn The angels made sure it wasn’t the end. Ensuring as promised The Word … Continue reading Christmas Cheer by Luisa Kay Reyes | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS At the days of Christmas It came along with fantasies on pear Trees And glamorous crystal lightings Like golds Which evolves with the beauties Of the fruits of the spirit. As the two Scarlett … Continue reading 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Okoro Emmanuel Chukwuebuka | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Christmas Tree Lights A fir tree lot three kids run wild searching the biggest, the fullest, the tallest reined in by one to fit our living room. Mother, indecisive in the face of choosing ham or baloney, finding fault … Continue reading Christmas Tree Lights by Victoria Crawford | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
CHRISTMAS LIFE I am on the dusty roads that lead to homes swollen with people, crawling kids. hanging is the lingering past of a worn year. the month is fading and the rooms are lightened. With the bells of … Continue reading CHRISTMAS LIFE by Deborah Nwanguma | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
Joy to the World Joy to the world, the Lord is born. His birth, not strange; yet mysterious. Formed like every other, But in the womb of a virgin. Leaving His glory, becoming poor for me. Joy to the … Continue reading Joy to the World by Princess Joy | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
The lease of God in skin On an axe and fiddling tone was words made The words poured by several servant in several decades Even when centuries make it a phony talk A minute still make it a root that … Continue reading The lease of God in skin by Tope Ashaolu| Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
WRITING ABOUT THE BABY How do you write a poem for the poet that author life without writing a book? I have learnt to write about the road network in the middle of Red Sea, the showers of manna … Continue reading WRITING ABOUT THE BABY by Elemide Benjamin | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
THE CHRISTMAS CHAPTER Our story of birth in the creation is linked to the fall of man Where a gully cracked open to spew the wrath of the heavens In form of eternal disconnection with God Most stories envelop … Continue reading THE CHRISTMAS CHAPTER by Onwana Chibueze Declan | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
HOW MY CHILDHOOD CHRISTMASES WENT… In my home At the countryside Embedded within the creeks Later discovered they called us Niger Delta region. Papa would sew me a pair of shorts It was called D34 Multipurpose, this pair of … Continue reading HOW MY CHILDHOOD CHRISTMASES WENT… by Enyinda Nathaniel Okey | Poetry | Christmas Life Issue #10 | PAROUSIA Magazine
