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A Prayer during Darkness

Published February 6, 2017 • Written by Henry Cuellar Filed Under: Faith

This is a poem that I wrote one day when I felt as though I was in darkness.  It has helped me to pray with it when my prayer feels dry. Darkness Darkness! The light of the flame that brought me here now begins to dull and I feel lost My prayer was once as… [Read More]

Written by Henry Cuellar • Published February 6, 2017

A Message in the Desert

Published March 8, 2016 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Faith

When your heart says to God, “you have cut off my life like a weaver severs the last thread, “ when you’re alone in the desert on a cold night with no fire, and you’ve never known such emptiness or alienation and you say in your alarm, “no man can can be trusted!” When your life is… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published March 8, 2016

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