Saturday Good Reads

Watching a lifetime be auctioned away, getting into the habit of hope, your mother as your best friend, and a pastor looks back on his first church – there’s plenty good stuff to read.

Prose

“A World Fiercely Observed,” review by Len Aron of “Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life” for the Wall Street Journal.

“A POW’s Awe-Inspiring Act of Faith” By Corinna da Fonseca-Willheim for the Wall Street Journal.

“What’s Your Wilderness?” by Mike Duran at deCompose.

“You Can Always Come Home” by Duane Scott at Scribing the Journey.

“What Would He Say to Us Today?” by Kathy Richards at Katdish.

“Seems So Long Ago, Nancy” by Tim Challies at Informing the Reforming.

“Selling Memories” by Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today.

“Talking Back: Of Art Pilgrimages and Rosaries” by L.L. Barkat at Love Notes to Yahweh.

“Our World is Starving for Love” by Kevin Martineau at Shooting the Breeze.

“Embarrassed by Old Things” by Bob Spencer at Wilderness Fandango.

“Fear Not, Little Flock” by Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk.

“The Old and Forgotten” by L.E. Fiore at Salt-Rain Tidings.

“A Vocational Tale of Woe and Jubilation” by Sam Van Eman at New Breed of Advertisers.

“How to Refuel When Serving Sucks You Dry” by Marshall Jones Jr. at Bond Christian.

“The Worst List of All Time” by Athol Dickson at What Athol Wrote.

“Habit of Hope” by Jennifer Dukes-Lee at Getting Down with Jesus.

“Anniversary Magic” by Cassandra Frear at Moonboat Café.

“Cherish the Moments” by Linda Chontos at Linda’s Patchwork Quilt.

"Insecurity & Fear" by Michael Perkins at Untitled.

Poetry

“Naked man waiting for the light to change” by Brian Miller for In the Hush of the Moon.

“Passing through” and "Context" by Melissa at All the Words.

“Vampira’s Ball” by Marsha Berry at Marousia.

“Down with the ship” by Milton Brasher-Cunningham at Don’t Eat Alone.

“Jesus Calls Disciples” by Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk.

“Cactus” by Megan Willome at Sabbath Says.

“Arch-Lines” and “She Was She Is” by Jerry Barrett at Under the Door Frame.

“Snapshots of Home (A Photopoetry Montage)" by Carmela-J at Paradoxical Illusions of Grandeur.

“Not Empty” by Karen Eck at Karenee Art.

“The Pulse” by Pete Marshall.

“Pure White” by B.K. McKenzie at Signed…BKM.

“Our Dreams Can Be” by Adam Dustus.

“Everyone has a dream” by Nancy Rosback at Nance Marie.

“Weekend When the World Was Away” by Arron Palmer.

“Fish in a Barrel” by Jim Schmotzer at Faithful Skeptic.

“Three” by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.

“Exposed” by Bradley Moore at And the Other Thing Is.

"Two New Yorks" by Steven Marty Grant at Urbanality.

Paintings and Photographs

“Newspaper in the Snow” by Steve Gravano at Take a Look Around.

“Untitled,” watermedia on paper by Randall David Tipton.

“Everyday Magic” by Susan Etole at Just…A Moment.

“My Work” by A Simple Country Girl at Aspire to Lead a Quiet Life.


Photograph: Lamp by Nancy Rosback. Used with permission.