mindsinger | August 26, 2010
The brilliance of that reflection, the penetrating power of Christ’s Spirit in our lives is His gift to us. As we allow our hearts to overflow with His goodness, mercy, and love; with the knowledge of who He is and what He is, that goodness and mercy and awesome reality somehow manifests itself to those around us.
mindsinger | August 14, 2010
There is a knowing beyond words; a feeling beyond touch, a seeing beyond sight. The mind can know. The heart can comprehend, but until the soul is affirmed, knowledge is a useless thing. For the mind, given knowledge, must ever seek to know more. And the heart, comprehending, may still doubt. But, if the soul [...]
mindsinger | May 29, 2010
But there are other battles fought
on nearer fields of war;
and there are other soldiers brave
that mothers sorrow for.
Donna Swanson, poet, author, lyricist and artist, lives on the edge of the Great Prairie in Indiana. She has written and published seven books, soon to be eight, and is working on a chapbook trilogy of poetry introduced by Gloria Gaither. She has carved three full-size carousel figures and dozens of miniatures. Swanson writes two columns for her home-town newspaper: one for adults, Donna’s Country Roads, and one for children, Granny’s Place. Bible student and teacher of adult Bible classes for over thirty years, her poetry and prose are deeply rooted in her faith.
