Easter – Heidi Viars

Life

The cursed ground shakes violentlyThe sky goes dark – though it is day.Accusing foes stand silentlyIn awe behold the Truth the Way. God tears the veil – so all can see Rends wall that shrouds the Holy Place No longer heard a debtor’s plea Come! You who’re freed, behold His face. Your groaning nature’s overcomeBy…

Heidi Viars

April 6, 2022

Christian Poetry, church, Prayer, Revival, Song, Song, Sunrises – Pictures

Easter, empty tomb, eternal life, faith, Holy Week, Jesus Christ

Looking Through

I was eight when Voyager 1 launched into space in 1977. The NASA mission opened the universe and provided the world with a whole new view. Human kind was now able to peer through the eyes of a spacecraft deeper into the stars. Our planet never looked the same to us after the probe sent…

Heidi Viars

April 3, 2021

Christian Poetry

Christ Sacrifice, Christianity, Earth, Easter, empty tomb, Salvation, Science, space, voyager 1 and 2

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