Life Perspective: Reviews & More

 Christmas music is on the radio, neighborhoods and shopping centers are decorated, and stores have been decorated for Christmas… since Halloween! Christmas time is here! For your holiday reading, here are some articles, poems, stories and more to keep you in the Christmas spirt. Check back often as we will be adding more almost every day! Christmas Articles Top 37 Spiritual Christmas Carols ~ Putting the reason back in the Christmas season with the top 37 spiritual Christmas songs ~ We don’t know exactly when Jesus was born, but the decision was made to celebrate His birth on December 25. Christmas was celebrated in Rome around 336, but it did not become a major Christian holiday until the 9th century. Since the 20th century,… Read more The Historical St. Nicholas: Life & Legacy of an Early Christian Leader ~ With the Christmas season already in full swing, let’s take a look at the life and legacy of St. Nicholas: the origins of Santa Claus ~ The Historical St. Nicholas: ...

 Fall is well underway in 2024 bringing fall colors, falling leaves and a cool breeze after a long, hot summer. Here are some poems to get you in a seasonal autumn mood   Fall Poems When Autumn Calls When Autumn Calls, a Fall Poem: As the green of summer leavesAnd the breezes stir the treesTheir cover heaves with color:Older leaves are rediscovered.God’s brush begins to touch:Oh the blush of reddened bush!Yellows too, so bright and trueBedeck sky blue with gorgeous hues.Autumn browns too… Read more The Leaves of October Oh, I want to dance with the leaves of October That merrily twirl in the air, To blend with the yellow, the reds, and the golds of them. To dance in the wind without care. And I want to run in the warm Autumn sun, Skip under the azure blue sky, To drift with the breeze among billowing leaves… Read more A Colorado Fall ~ A Colorado Fall, an autumn poem ~ In the brilliance of the golden leaves I feel His presence there. Stirring through the quaking breeze His Spi...

In honor of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, whose life we celebrate every March 17, here is my shamrock of three poems written for Saint Patrick's Day. Continue reading: celtic | Shamrock: Three Poems for Saint Patrick's Day | Christian Activities

Holidays are sad and lonely times for many people -- a poem and a devotional. Yule Haiku -- A Devotional about Holiday Loneliness | Christian Activities

There's a blog especially for Blogger/Blogspot poets who write poems from a Christian perspective. Christian Poet's Pen   is a great place for Christian poets to publish their poems and get feedback from other Christian writers. Membership is free and each poet gets his or her own personal profile page. If you like to read inspirational poetry, you can also sign up to be a follower and read new poems as they are published. There are already several respected poets contibuting who have been published in numerous anthologies, newsletters, websites and books. HISTORY Christian Poet's Pen  has a long history. Started in the early 1990s as a bi-monthly print newsletter,  Christian Poet's Pen  was published for several years, publishing poems and passing along tips, before becoming a section on the  www.christianactivities.com  website in 1999. For the past decade, the  Poets Pen  page on  ChristianActivities.com  has provided a consi...