Month: April 2020

• A Not-So (Socially) Distant God

  A Holy God came down to earth Indwelled the human race Imago Dei now its worth – God close, on every face. He took a basin and a towel, Got close and cleaned our feet, As Servant He fulfilled the vow We made and couldn’t keep. What man deemed unclean, sick and lost He chased […]

  Heidi Viars

  April 29, 2020

  Christian Poetry, church, Devotional, poetry, Revival

  communion, COVID, Cross, Imago Dei, Jesus Christ, Nearness of God, Salvation, sin, social distancing

• She Much Rather …

  

  The pastor gave the final blessing over the congregation from an empty stage. He looked down at his guitar as he strummed a few soft chords and prayed. He was a gentle musician and an honest preacher. “Love people and love God!” He’d say. Everybody knew he meant it. He lived it. Her church wasn’t […]

  Heidi Viars

  April 19, 2020

  Christian Poetry, church, Devotional, Ponderings, Prayer, Revival

  1 Corinthians 12:12-27, church, COVID 19, family, Isolation, Lord’s Day, quarantine, Sunday, the Body Of Christ

• Of Death and Celebration

  I grew up in a village in southwest Germany. My childhood was filled with Catholic traditions and celebrations. A small church, and the graveyard that surrounded it, were the center of the town in every way. After mass we stopped and prayed at the graves of loved ones. There were the graves of our great grandparents, […]

  Heidi Viars

  April 11, 2020

  Christian Poetry, church, Devotional, Ponderings, Revival

  Catholicism, death, Easter, empty tomb, He is risen, the cross, traditions

• Wordless Conversations

  When I walked my old trail today, I heard the stranger. Not his words, but in what he left for me to find. It’s been months since our last wordless chat. We stopped leaving messages after the snow fell and covered all the things that made us communicate. Today, I found a coffee mug, a tiny […]

  Heidi Viars

  April 1, 2020

  Christian Poetry, church, Devotional, Ponderings, Prayer, Revival

  Colossians, Devotional, Easter, evangelism, hope, Jesus Christ, nature, pandemic, social distancing, spring