image by Pexels, on Pixabay, modified   Love Lifts the Shade     a black girl tries to change her childlike brain longs for love...

image by Kseniya Lapteva, on Pixabay “For God so loved the world . . .“                                      John 3:16   Jesus   Not for...

lantern, image by Lars Nissen, on Pixabay, modified                                Breaking of Bread     I see God in the soft wings of...

Gracias (Thank you), image from Pixabay What grace You did bestow.     When my hands could not hit the mark of that perfect, spotless,...

potato salad, image by Sina W, on Pixabay Even Then     ah good friend remember the weeping when cheeks puckered to the touch illusions...

crocus, image by Pat, on Pixabay Beauty for Ashes   Darkness in the form of pain defined my broken world of endless, mourning days dry...

image by Layers, on Pixabay, modified Eclipse     Branches quake at the hands of vernal awakening. From a spectral sun, an incandescent...

image by Truong Trinh, on Pixabay The Price of Love Those we love Will leave us, And we will leave Loved ones behind. The pain we feel...

image by Bianca Van Dijk, on Pixabay, modified Song for God     When the sun is down or hidden, I will seek Your light.   When the birds'...

abstract, image by Laurentia Petcu, on Pixabay Spirit Fire Review is pleased to announce its nominations for the Pushcart Prize. The six...

seeds and harvest, image by slowrabbit, on Pixabay, modified Harvest As fall comes to us again, I think of harvest. This issue of Spirit...

moon and bird, image by "kirill" on Pixabay Morning Song   Moon slowly sinks below the horizon, one by one, stars disappear, birds begin...

image by Daniel Reche, on Pixabay On Seraphim Beholding them through heaven’s opened door,  (As once Isaiah when Uzziah died) St. John...

blue flower, image by Christel, on Pixabay, modified Prayer for the Earth     Dear God, I praise You and thank You for Your goodness. You...

"Shadows on the Floor" photo by Isabel Chenot      ~ after C. S. Lewis The shadows on the floor are fluttering...

image by "dakzxz" on Pixabay Vivid Sunset     Like the spontaneous eruption of a volcano, God’s handiwork splashes across the sky In...

Jesus, image by Pete Linforth, on Pixabay, modified The Way   The Way, the Truth, the Life, He is to me and all the ones whose souls He...

cross, image by Jeff Jacobs, on Pixabay Return to Childhood     All our lives we were Champing at the bit to Grow up Get out there Make...

waterfall, image from Pixabay Moonless Night on the Allegheny River              Only here, in the dark, can I think about my father...