Words of The Lamb Magazine

28/07/2024

I am pleased to welcome Lily Dayton here with me today. As a Jewish-Christian who divides their time between Israel and New York, Lily received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania with a minor in Log

I am pleased to welcome Lily Dayton here with me today. As a Jewish-Christian who divides their time between Israel and New York, Lily received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania with a minor in Logic Computation. Lily also educates a wide aud...

19/06/2024

Todd Matson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, United States. His poetry has been published in The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling; Soul-Lit: A Journal of Spiritual Poetry; The Clayjar Review, Agape Review and Mindfull Magazine, and his short stories have been published in Ariel Chart International Literary Journal; Faith, Hope and Fiction; Agape Review, Literary Yard, Vital Christianity, CafeLit and Children, Churches & Daddies. He has also written lyrics for songs recorded by several contemporary Christian music artists, including Brent Lamb, Connie Scott and The Gaither Vocal Band....

Todd Matson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, United States. His poetry has been published in The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling; Soul-Lit: A Journal of Spiritual Poetry; The Clayjar Review, Agape Review and Mindfull Magazine, and his short stories have been pub...

12/06/2024

John S.A. Watts studied English Literature at Kingston University, he lives in sunny West Sussex. He has had work published by the Academy of the Heart and Mind, Homeless Diamonds, Westward Quarterly, Sparks of Calliope, Down in the Dirt (scarstv), and is due to be published by the Journal of Undiscovered Poets....

John S.A. Watts studied English Literature at Kingston University, he lives in sunny West Sussex. He has had work published by the Academy of the Heart and Mind, Homeless Diamonds, Westward Quarterly, Sparks of Calliope, Down in the Dirt (scarstv), and is due to be published by the Journal of Undisc...

12/06/2024

John S.A. Watts studied English Literature at Kingston University, he lives in sunny West Sussex. He has had work published by the Academy of the Heart and Mind, Homeless Diamonds, Westward Quarterly, Sparks of Calliope, Down in the Dirt (scarstv), and is due to be published by the Journal of Undiscovered Poets....

John S.A. Watts studied English Literature at Kingston University, he lives in sunny West Sussex. He has had work published by the Academy of the Heart and Mind, Homeless Diamonds, Westward Quarterly, Sparks of Calliope, Down in the Dirt (scarstv), and is due to be published by the Journal of Undisc...

10/06/2024

by Yannick Imbert Take my hand, let's cross the threshold!On the long road we've seen markersLeading to where hist'ry unfolds.Now then: we have left our household,And the air is getting darker;Take my hand, let's cross the threshold.We have walked the path we were told,Moving on where it is stranger.Now come to where hist'ry unfolds…...

by Yannick Imbert Take my hand, let’s cross the threshold!On the long road we’ve seen markersLeading to where hist’ry unfolds.Now then: we have left our household,And the air is getting darker;Take my hand, let’s cross the threshold.We have walked the path we were told,Moving on where it is ...

10/06/2024

Taylor Nisbet is a poet and writer from Nashville, Tennessee and is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Economics, Psychology, and creative writing at Wake Forest University. Her poetry can be found in Appelley Publishing’s Rising Stars Collection and her university’s literary journal, 3-to-4 Ounces, and she is a recipient of Scholastic Art and Writing gold, silver, and honorable mention awards for poetry. When she is not writing, she is studying, listening to music, or learning how to be spontaneous. She is most inspired by her family, the ocean, and her high school creative writing teacher....

Taylor Nisbet is a poet and writer from Nashville, Tennessee and is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Economics, Psychology, and creative writing at Wake Forest University. Her poetry can be found in Appelley Publishing’s Rising Stars Collection and her university’s literary journal...

30/05/2024

Sampoorna Thammadi is an Engineering graduate with a first-class degree in Electronics and communications engineering. She believes in language as a powerful tool to influence vicarious learning for the benefit of the reader, she's a published poet with her work found in 2 separate anthologies. Previously worked as an art and craft teacher at a local school and also self-employed as a micro-associate providing data for training AI systems. At the moment she's studying western classical music continuing her creative journey into melodies and harmonies....

Sampoorna Thammadi is an Engineering graduate with a first-class degree in Electronics and communications engineering. She believes in language as a powerful tool to influence vicarious learning for the benefit of the reader, she's a published poet with her work found in 2 separate anthologies. Prev...

30/05/2024

Dale Mahfood was born in Jamaica to parents whose roots run deep into the island’s past. He has lived in London, England and up and down the US Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida, where he graduated from Florida International University with a master’s degree in English Education. All these experiences, together with a career in education, have developed his passion for writing about diverse peoples and places. His first novel, When Trees Fall: Book One of the Wood and Water Saga, was published in 2022, and he's currently working on the second in the series, Up From Mountains....

Dale Mahfood was born in Jamaica to parents whose roots run deep into the island’s past. He has lived in London, England and up and down the US Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida, where he graduated from Florida International University with a master’s degree in English Education. All ...

30/05/2024

T.K. Bryan lives in Garland, Texas with her husband. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing in May 2024. She has been a Christian since the age of six. Her main joy is writing Children's fiction stories, but she also enjoys writing Christian devotional messages that connect to readers on a personal level....

T.K. Bryan lives in Garland, Texas with her husband. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing in May 2024. She has been a Christian since the age of six. Her main joy is writing Children's fiction stories, but she also enjoys writing Christian devotional messages that connect to re...

30/05/2024

Dale Mahfood was born in Jamaica to parents whose roots run deep into the island’s past. He has lived in London, England and up and down the US Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida, where he graduated from Florida International University with a master’s degree in English Education. All these experiences, together with a career in education, have developed his passion for writing about diverse peoples and places. His first novel, When Trees Fall: Book One of the Wood and Water Saga, was published in 2022, and he's currently working on the second in the series, Up From Mountains....

Dale Mahfood was born in Jamaica to parents whose roots run deep into the island’s past. He has lived in London, England and up and down the US Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida, where he graduated from Florida International University with a master’s degree in English Education. All ...

30/05/2024

Paul Hughes is an English poet. He found God in 2021 after he started to work the 12-steps of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous and soon after returned to Church for the first time since his childhood, having wandered dangerously far away from God up until that point....

Paul Hughes is an English poet. He found God in 2021 after he started to work the 12-steps of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous and soon after returned to Church for the first time since his childhood, having wandered dangerously far away from God up until that point.

20/05/2024

James B. Nicola is a returning contributor to Words of The Lamb. The latest three of his eight full-length poetry collections are Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice magazine award. He has received a Dana Literary Award, two Willow Review awards, Storyteller's People's Choice award, one Best of Net, one Rhysling, and eleven Pushcart nominations—for which he feels both stunned and grateful. A graduate of Yale, James hosts the Writers' Round Table at his library branch in Manhattan: walk-ins are always welcome....

James B. Nicola is a returning contributor to Words of The Lamb. The latest three of his eight full-length poetry collections are Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice magazine award. He has received a...

20/05/2024

by Pat Severin Oh, God the God of miracles,I’m needing one today.I’m so in need and so I plead,May you, please, show the way. I’m praying for this heartache,and pray that things will change.I’m scared and I don’t understand.Can You please rearrange... My heart and my acceptanceOf all that seems my lot.My tragedy’s consuming me....

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by Pat Severin Oh, God the God of miracles,I’m needing one today.I’m so in need and so I plead,May you, please, show the way. I’m praying for this heartache,and pray that things will change.I’m scared and I don’t understand.Can You please rearrange… My heart and my acceptanceOf all that ...

20/05/2024

by Pat Severin The forecast says, a chance of rain, initially, I groan, “We must forego the morning walk, we’re faced with staying home.” But then I stop, I hear God’s voice, “How else will flowers grow?” “Forgive me, Lord, I thoughtlessly, thought of myself, I know.” And isn’t that the way we are, neglect the bigger picture?We oft complain because we think we’re God’s important fixture....

by Pat Severin The forecast says, a chance of rain, initially, I groan, “We must forego the morning walk, we’re faced with staying home.” But then I stop, I hear God’s voice, “How else will flowers grow?” “Forgive me, Lord, I thoughtlessly, thought of myself, I know.” And isn’t tha...

20/05/2024

James B. Nicola is a returning contributor to Words of The Lamb. The latest three of his eight full-length poetry collections are Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice magazine award. He has received a Dana Literary Award, two Willow Review awards, Storyteller's People's Choice award, one Best of Net, one Rhysling, and eleven Pushcart nominations—for which he feels both stunned and grateful. A graduate of Yale, James hosts the Writers' Round Table at his library branch in Manhattan: walk-ins are always welcome....

James B. Nicola is a returning contributor to Words of The Lamb. The latest three of his eight full-length poetry collections are Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense, Turns & Twists, and Natural Tendencies. His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice magazine award. He has received a...

20/05/2024

by Abishek Bakshi Nascent innocentA city is lonely.A winter is lonelier.And her idea is as nascentAs the babe of Christmas,Born without any stain of lust EcclesiastesI know you must leave. What a reliefThat not tomorrow.And though I can't fallFor you — I can revolveAround your presence —Every day —...

by Abishek Bakshi Nascent innocentA city is lonely.A winter is lonelier.And her idea is as nascentAs the babe of Christmas,Born without any stain of lust EcclesiastesI know you must leave. What a reliefThat not tomorrow.And though I can’t fallFor you — I can revolveAround your presence —Every ...

20/05/2024

D. A. Michael has been drawn to poetry ever since he learned to read. He loves that poetry can be a story or a lyric about anything and uses words and rhythm to help the reader feel the intent. It can be feeling-provoking as well as thought-provoking. He is a disabled veteran from the United States, over 50, and after all these years, is finally beginning to share his poetry with others, and that makes him nervous....

D. A. Michael has been drawn to poetry ever since he learned to read. He loves that poetry can be a story or a lyric about anything and uses words and rhythm to help the reader feel the intent. It can be feeling-provoking as well as thought-provoking. He is a disabled veteran from the United States,...

20/05/2024

Joshua Xavier Johnson (b. 2003) currently resides in the United States as a student at UNLV. As a member of the InterVarsity club, he is growing in his faith in God and enjoys sharing his thoughts. Also, you can listen to him on the Faith n Fits podcast....

Joshua Xavier Johnson (b. 2003) currently resides in the United States as a student at UNLV. As a member of the InterVarsity club, he is growing in his faith in God and enjoys sharing his thoughts. Also, you can listen to him on the Faith n Fits podcast.

20/05/2024

by Vivianne Clark I gnaw at the hundred-year-old woodmaking up the pews of our two-hundred-year-old churchToo young to know any better, until my father bats me away Listen. Pay attention.Your mother is in the pulpit.(she stayed up all night to write) We kneel for the Nicene Creedand proclaim our ancient faith,a public demonstration of agreement, peace…...

by Vivianne Clark I gnaw at the hundred-year-old woodmaking up the pews of our two-hundred-year-old churchToo young to know any better, until my father bats me away Listen. Pay attention.Your mother is in the pulpit.(she stayed up all night to write) We kneel for the Nicene Creedand proclaim our anc...

20/05/2024

Joshua Xavier Johnson (b. 2003) currently resides in the United States as a student at UNLV. As a member of the InterVarsity club, he is growing in his faith in God and enjoys sharing his thoughts. Also, you can listen to him on the Faith n Fits podcast....

Joshua Xavier Johnson (b. 2003) currently resides in the United States as a student at UNLV. As a member of the InterVarsity club, he is growing in his faith in God and enjoys sharing his thoughts. Also, you can listen to him on the Faith n Fits podcast.

20/05/2024

Jewel Dharani is a poet who can be found on most days curled up with a notebook - cooking up some new imagist, surrealist and philosophical poems. She loves reading anything mysterious, including the teachings of Christ in the Bible. She would like to share her experience of God’s love through her poetry....

Jewel Dharani is a poet who can be found on most days curled up with a notebook - cooking up some new imagist, surrealist and philosophical poems. She loves reading anything mysterious, including the teachings of Christ in the Bible. She would like to share her experience of God’s love through her...

17/05/2024

Dale Mahfood was born in Jamaica to parents whose roots run deep into the island’s past. He has lived in London, England and up and down the US Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida, where he graduated from Florida International University with a master’s degree in English Education. All these experiences, together with a career in education, have developed his passion for writing about diverse peoples and places. His first novel, When Trees Fall: Book One of the Wood and Water Saga, was published in 2022, and he's currently working on the second in the series, Up From Mountains....

Dale Mahfood was born in Jamaica to parents whose roots run deep into the island’s past. He has lived in London, England and up and down the US Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida, where he graduated from Florida International University with a master’s degree in English Education. All ...

17/05/2024

by Andrew McDowell Artist: Chiara V. Lost in the darkness, down so deep,Without a sense of where to turn,It would be a mountain too steep.Yet light is shining to discern. Take my hand, you are not alone.Come with me and I’ll go with you.Along this path and up high stone,Together we shall see this through....

by Andrew McDowell Artist: Chiara V. Lost in the darkness, down so deep,Without a sense of where to turn,It would be a mountain too steep.Yet light is shining to discern. Take my hand, you are not alone.Come with me and I’ll go with you.Along this path and up high stone,Together we shall see this ...

17/05/2024

by Vivianne Clark Lord Jesus, forgive mefor I am wretched, not enoughto lick the crumbs off the floorand yet you elevate my rotten bodyto have a place at your golden tableMy mother is thereI clasp her hand,she squeezes mineI have never hurt her.We pray. Vivianne Clark Writer Vivianne Clark is from Omaha, Nebraska....

by Vivianne Clark Lord Jesus, forgive mefor I am wretched, not enoughto lick the crumbs off the floorand yet you elevate my rotten bodyto have a place at your golden tableMy mother is thereI clasp her hand,she squeezes mineI have never hurt her.We pray.

12/05/2024

Happy mother's day

23/04/2024

Happy Pesach Everyone!!!!

20/04/2024

The public was blown away by Mandisa's performance in 2009 on American Idol, as millions witnessed her talent. Afterward, she became a gospel singer and a book author, motivating people who struggle with depression, worth, and body. She will be missed.

12/04/2024

The ‘bummer lamb’ rests fully in the arms of his Savior. For he knows his worth. His life was measured, treasured, and loved beyond definition. A heartbroken, rejected, unwanted baby is transformed to a chosen, valued, precious lamb of God. I feel the bummer lamb deserves a new name. How about the ‘beloved lamb’?...

The ‘bummer lamb’ rests fully in the arms of his Savior. For he knows his worth. His life was measured, treasured, and loved beyond definition. A heartbroken, rejected, unwanted baby is transformed to a chosen, valued, precious lamb of God. I feel the bummer lamb deserves a new name. How about t...

12/04/2024

For the past couple of decades, Tracie Adams has shared her love of literature and passion for writing through teaching middle and high school students and writing scripts for the stage. Her story Losing My Sparkle, A Year Of Loss was recently published by Oddball Magazine. When she is not writing or directing, she can be found photographing grandchildren, sunsets, or animals on her peaceful homestead in rural Virginia....

For the past couple of decades, Tracie Adams has shared her love of literature and passion for writing through teaching middle and high school students and writing scripts for the stage. Her story Losing My Sparkle, A Year Of Loss was recently published by Oddball Magazine. When she is not writing o...

02/04/2024

Ann Stout is a retired physician living in Houston Texas. Her essays have appeared in Pangyrus, Eat,Darling,Eat, Doximity Op-Med and in the Narrative Medicine Program Off-Script at Baylor College of Medicine. She has given sermons at her church and volunteers at Casa Juan Diego, a Catholic House of Hospitality. She strives to find and bring hope and healing through her writing so others will not feel alone....

Ann Stout is a retired physician living in Houston Texas. Her essays have appeared in Pangyrus, Eat,Darling,Eat, Doximity Op-Med and in the Narrative Medicine Program Off-Script at Baylor College of Medicine. She has given sermons at her church and volunteers at Casa Juan Diego, a Catholic House of....