CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Karin Fendick
Poet, Author, Poetry Coordinator, and A Voice of Chronic Joy®
Karin is a handmaiden of the Lord; saved by grace; a worshiper; a poet; a broken heart; a lover of words; hungry for truth; amazed by love; on the Potter's wheel His work in progress. After five years in Africa, Karin and her beloved husband of twenty years, Rick, are back in rural Canada where chronic pain drives her to the feet of Jesus. She is powered by prayer, love, and many cups of strong coffee. Author of From Ashes to Glory (A Psalm a Day).
Anxious • Days on the Edge • Poetry Prompt
These Are Days on the Edge. We have lived through months of isolation, fear, and pain multiplied by loneliness, political unrest, senseless murder, and racism slicing through lives and opening old scars. As morning stiffness leaves me aching, I struggle to search for joy. Will the pain worsen?...
Wait • Poetry Prompt
y"Wait" Holds the Not-Yet, Not-Now I sat silent in the newness of day, my Bible reading complete, journal open, asking the Lord what He wanted to share with me. I was feeling impatient with the pain that lingered in my back, also restless for face-to-face connection during this time of...
Thorns • A Poetry Prompt
y This month's Poetry Prompt explores the idea of thorns. Abraham Lincoln once said, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” Hope is Like a Harebell by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) Hope is like a harebell, trembling from...
The Melody – Poem
The Melody my muscles, joints do not agree with the cold every fibre aching as I cried out this is how the Lord responded when the pain sings listen to the melody and find Me there in the low notes the long wails staccato beat you will hear My voice draw your strength from My presence do not...
From Ashes to Glory: A Psalm A Day
Karin Fendick
Though not from a liturgical background this poet felt led to celebrate the holy through the time span from Ash Wednesday to Resurrection Sunday. From Ashes to Glory is a collection of forty-seven brief psalms written as a daily offering of worship that will encourage and draw you closer to God in any season.