I Attest That God Loves All His ChildrenFrom the swollen banks of the Congo Riverto flooded delta rice fields in South Vietnam to the boy who waters down the dustat the beginning of the dayin a Guatemalan open-air marketto the … Continue reading Christ- Centered Haiku & Other Poems from Michael Shoemaker
This Beating Heart————————-You reached into the depths of me,My black, sinful, soul,And took the heart that would not feelAnd gave me this new heart—One of flesh, beating and tender.I hold it now,Unsure of its rhythm,Afraid of the breaking it might … Continue reading This Beating Heart & Fragility of Life | Stephen Landis | Poetry
Poems to God No. 81 Obvious & obscure God of godly irony & sacred ambiguities, radiating a deep darkness among intense intimacies, self-evident while being beautifully hidden everywhere my imagination seeks You in cumulus clouds of unknowing while I keep … Continue reading Poems to God No. 81, No. 83, No. 84 | Alan Altany | Poetry
A Man in Death’s ShadowWhen I felt Death’s cold deep shadow,When I felt the sickly murder of the sun, cold Darkness pricking skin,When I looked and saw this uncouth form, Rising black, a sickle high o’er me,When I in this … Continue reading A Man in Death’s Shadow by J.R. Beaupre | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
A RA W O R D U N D(TIME)…as time flies fast – unless GOD cuts its wings.But then time seems to simply start to runout of space. Time sometimes only bringsslow-motion sighing from the setting sun.Yes, time can heal; … Continue reading Three poems of cyclic verses from Rick К. Reut. | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
In Velvet Parched desert swelterPanting for the cold flowHopeless sights in the visible dryYet my hooves tread on theNosebleed heightsSand tongue quenchedBy impossible streamsFeet cleft like my heartDrawn to the left and to rightTo red clay and cobblestoneEver in itinerant … Continue reading In Velvet, Seeds of Faith & I have no words but You—3 Poems from Arianna Mayo
The way is short, but hard.The path is full of peril.Anytime Earth could swallow us whole. Whether you travel in a lengthening shadow Or in the noon of your days,Love is the steadfast companion. Love one another.Love those who do … Continue reading THE GREATEST OF THESE by Flora Higgins | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Truest Salvationtruest salvationflows in golden windsteaming from the heartwhoever accepts purest love& sends it to otherstriumphs over allthat is lessthan this8.11.22Soft Bluest SkySoft bluest august skyquiet mystical breezeflowering whitest flowing cloudsKids running over lime green grasstiniest bug on the outside … Continue reading Two Poems from Rick Davis
Between sin and forgiveness“Come now, and let us reason together saith the LORD: though your sin be as scarlet, they shall be aswhite as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18Guilt is alleged … Continue reading Two Poems from Onuegbu Chiamaka
From the deep comes a whisper of reassuranceReminding me that you are God of the second chance.Suddenly the atmosphere is filled with aweBut you see my blemishes and every flaw.I come undone and feel great shameFor you are perfect and … Continue reading Encounter by Lois Clifford | PAROUSIA Magazine
There is a song in the rain,One filled with loneliness and tears.The pain of yesterday has caught up.It has caused so many fears.They try to take hold,Spinning all kinds of tall tales.But in the end, they knowThat truth always prevails.The … Continue reading My Righteous King by Laura Lee Deschenes | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Jehovah Shammah means “the Lord he is there”And as he cares for the flowers for me he does care.He knows every little detail, none could know me better.It is he who crafted me like a beautiful sweater.For he has been … Continue reading Jehovah Shammah by Lois Clifford | PAROUSIA Magazine
Lord Jesus PoemsNo. 4Tamed to a timid & benignimage too familiar to confess,too sentimental to proclaimas much more than a sweetpablum of a tepid teacher,dulled at the edges intoa harmless, vapid figure,the ancient Jesus is madea caricature of Himself,an oral … Continue reading Lord Jesus Poems by Alan Altany | PAROUSIA Magazine
Everything is done beneath the heavensWhether good or evilIs beheld by the host of heavensAnd by the throng of the devilSo focus only on the one who resident in heavenAnd use the earth as His footstoolYet, He came from the … Continue reading WITNESSES OF DEEDS by Gabriel Oluwatomiwa Eniola – PAROUSIA Magazine
The BeggarMark 11:15-19I sit outside the holy grounds,My leg pulled close beside my chest.So many pass me on their way,To worship God and to be blessed.But I’m ritually unclean,Along with others of my kind.We sit and wait outside the gates,We … Continue reading The Beggar by Josh Cushman – PAROUSIA Magazine
The Hard WorkLord, it’s hard, hard work down hereAnd the blue in the sky isn’t gentle to meIt’s as cruel as the heat and it seems theonly reliefis thesweatand tearsdripping downmy cheeks, LordSo I can’t stopCrying outTo YouThenYour Hand comes … Continue reading Two Poems from Katie Pennington – PAROUSIA Magazine
