Having spent some time recently with an elderly relative at a memory care facility, I was newly moved by Jeanette Hardage’s description of a family member’s thoughts in this difficult situation. Her poem below, which was included in the Faith and Other Matters anthology, expresses …
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Jeanette Hardage, perhaps like most people, seems to have felt God’s presence most deeply in the quiet places of life. In Faith and Other Matters, she juxtaposes the poem below with the Psalm 37:7 admonishment to “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for …
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One of Jeanette Hardage’s earliest published poems, dating back to at least 1967, seems appropriate for the season of Lent. During a time when Christians contemplate the awesome love of God, and many emphasize selfless charity towards others, consider her very brief and simple, yet …
Read MoreA Summer Daydream
The start of summer seems like a good time to indulge in a little daydreaming. Enjoy this brief poem by Jeanette Hardage on the topic. (This one is also found in Faith and Other Matters). Daydream Grass-backed I lietraveling vapor trailsfirst-class mind-wand’ringunravels mingled memories Free …
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