Tag Archives: Prayer

Peace, Not Alone


Peace, Not Alone I hear the cries and I feel the hurt, But I yearn to leave it.  I seek instead the warmth and embrace of Jesus, Friend and guide, fisherman, healer, guide. When I leave this world in prayer, … Continue reading

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John Wesley on Prayer


I’ve been reading from a little book I found on eBay a few weeks ago:  How to Pray:  The Best of John Wesley on Prayer (Uhrichville, OH:  Barbour Publishing, 2007), and it has some wonderful excerpts from Wesley’s sermons on … Continue reading

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No Worries Today


This is a poem I wrote in January 2011, as I was remembering some of my political roots, and contemplating some writings by John Wesley. I had not yet studied Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White, by … Continue reading

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