Poetry of Christian Faith

Poetry of Christian Faith

A conversation with Author Tim Carter about religion, poetry, and life. Formerly the "Living in God's Rhyme Podcast".

Episodes

April 20, 2023 34 mins

100, 10-10, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/20/2023)

                       

Today we are reading and discussing a poem about what God has offered us and 2 new poems written for today’s podcast.

We’ll start with a poem from God’s Rhyme, on page 106.

JOHN 3:16


“For God so loved the world t...

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99, 10-9, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/13/2023)

                       

Today we will be reading poems about prayer.

The first poem is in God’s Rhyme on pg. 33.

PRAYER


Dear Jesus, how do I pray,

            what do I say?

What w...

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April 6, 2023 33 mins

98, 10-8, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/6/2023)

                       

Today we are reading and discussing 3 poems about Jesus, the Lamb of God, what He has done for us and the blessings that we receive as we receive as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, lived on the earth as one ...

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March 30, 2023 37 mins

97, 10-7, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/30/2023) 

Today we will be discussion the call to missions in our lives.  We are called to spread the gospel to the nations.


THE MISSIONARY’S MISSION (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 65)


They leave the comfort of home

Where they were raised and grown,

Where seeds of faith were sown,

By those who gave them a home.


With the love for those,

These t...

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March 23, 2023 32 mins

96, 10-6, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/23/2023)

                       


Today we are going to follow up on Dave’s suggestion to read a specific poem.  This poem has one of my favorite titles, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrowday.  Sometimes I like to play with words ...

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March 16, 2023 38 mins

95, 10-5, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/16/23)

                       

Last week I asked for prayers that God would answer a question: Should I read poems I have written and posted on Facebook  about the times we are living in.  My concern was the political content of...

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March 9, 2023 33 mins

94, 10-4, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/9/2023)

                       

Today, we will be reading and discussing 4 consecutive poems from God’s Rhyme.  They are found on pages 5 through 11.  My journey to salvation may sound unusual to some.  I first had the...

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March 2, 2023 34 mins

93,10-3, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/2/2023)

Revised 2/26/2023

Today we will be reading and discussing poems about what God gives us.



AS ONLY YOU CAN  (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 116)


I look at the clouds and I wonder aloud

What lies beyond the skies?

What ever can be though looking I cannot see.

I look at the wonder of it all and I hear your call.


Beyond the skies is Heaven abo...

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February 23, 2023 33 mins

10-2, 10-2, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 2/23/23)

                       

Today we have poems about prayer and a poem competition that I think I lost years ago.


The first poem is unpublished and was written in September of 2020.


AN ANSWER TO PRAYER


I thought I could stop

The up an...

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February 16, 2023 25 mins

91,10-1, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 2/16/2023)  Corrections 2/12/23                      

Today 2 poems that could have been part of last week podcast.  One about church and one about the Cornerstone.  And 2 more unpublished poems.



CHURCH IN THE SKY


T...

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February 9, 2023 36 mins

90, 9-10, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 2/10/2023)

                       

Three poems today, one from each book.  They all were inspired by thoughts of church.

The first one is from God Still Rhymes, and is found on pg. 67.


UNDER THE STEEPLE


Everyday people

under the steeple...

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February 2, 2023 33 mins

  89, 9-9, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 2/2/2023)

                       

Today we will be reading and discussing 3 poems from the Last Notebook, an umpublished manuscript from 2020.



March 29, 2020

An interesting evening last night and an interesting morning today. &n...

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January 26, 2023 34 mins

88, 9-8, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 1/26/2022)

                       

 Today we are going to follow up on a thought that came to me during last week’s podcast – Colors,  In looking through poems I found 3 with the word color in the title.  Unfortunately the las...

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January 19, 2023 36 mins

87, 9-7, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 1/20/2023)

 Corrections, 1/15/23   

                   

Today we are reading and discussing poems from the first book, God’s Rhyme. The first two were written in the late 1970’s, when I first stated to fully understand God’s word and got to truly know ...

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January 12, 2023 34 mins

86, 9-6, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (1/12/2023)

                       

Today, 1 poem from God’s Rhyme & 2 recent ones.


THE RETURN (God’s Rhyme, Pg. 38)


listen – 

I hear, 

I hear a whisper;


a sound

ever so gentle,

as if a cool breeze

comforting

in the heat

were found

  &nb...

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January 5, 2023 34 mins

85, 9-5, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 1/5/2023)

                       

Today we have a mix of poems.  Three are poems written on the Notes app on my phone and one is from Living In God’s Rhyme.  The theme that ties them all together is Jesus.

BROKEN HEALING

Thinkin...

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December 30, 2022 32 mins

84, 9-4, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 12/29/2022)

                       

 Today we are going to talk about the new year and what it can and hopefully will mean for us.


We’ll start with a poem that comes after the Christmas poems in God Still Rhymes. This poem was probably written...

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December 22, 2022 34 mins

83, 9-3, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (12/22/2022)

                       

Today, 2 Christmas poems from the unpublished manuscript, The Last Notebook and one from God’s Rhyme.

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THANK YOU JESUS


Read the text,

Know what’s next.

Jesus is risen,

Sins forgiven.

We will know,

He will show

The great so...

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December 15, 2022 30 mins

82, 9-2, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 12/15/2022 )

                                                          &nbs...

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December 8, 2022 31 mins

We are back from the break, and happy to be back

81, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 12/8/2022)

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