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  • Author's Testimony & Introduction--FAQS
    • Table of Contents
  • 1 His Kingdom to Prepare
  • 2 My Choice Companions
  • 3 Companions
  • 4 Companions II
  • 5 A Mother's MTC Farewell
  • 6 Who Will Dare for Christ
  • 7 To a Chosen Generation
  • 8. I Feel Such a Strangeness
  • 9. Not Me
  • 10. My Brother's Father
  • 11. Not Far Away
  • 12. Questions for Our Leaders
  • 13. Questions From Our Leaders
  • 14. The Visit
  • 15. Show and Tell
  • 16. Within Our Slumber We Will Dream
  • 17. Servants in the Shadows
  • 18. Joya Escojida/Chosen Jewel
  • 19. Las Aguas Del Senor/The Waters of the Lord
  • 20. Come Fasting to the Meeting House
  • 21. As Voices Join in Sacred Sabbath Worship
  • 22. A Child's Baptismal Day
  • 23. In Temple White
  • 24. Temple Hill
  • 25. This Precious Day
  • 26. The Translators
  • 27. I Your Husband Who Have Fallen [First Poem of The Repentance Trilogy.]
  • 28. The Wife's Song
  • 29. Remember Not Past Years
  • 30. A Priesthood Lullaby
  • 31. The Season of Our Need
  • 32. Cherished Daughter, Valiant Servant
  • 33. Daughter, Hear and Heed Your Savior's Voice
  • 34. Bird Mom
  • 35. Eric's Song
  • 36. A Wedding Song of Praise
  • 37. Testimonies to My Daughters
  • 38. Prayer for a Caring Granddaughter
  • 39. Firstborn Son and Firstborn Daughter
  • 40. Father's Day
  • 41 The Hospital
  • 42. The Children of the World
  • 43. For the Healers of the World
  • 44. Simple Heroes of Our Day
  • 45. To This World So Prone to Peril
  • 46. Somewhere
  • 47. Servant of Servants
  • 48. We Wish That You Were Here
  • 49. The Teacher
  • 50. To Protect Marriage and Family
  • 51. Earth's Unborn Children Weeping
  • 52. Prayers for the Peacekeepers
  • 53. That Patriot Dreams Will Come to Pass
  • 54. We Would Do It All Again
  • 55. So Much More
  • 56. Passage and Pilot
  • 57. Because of the Son
  • 58. Growing Up
  • 59. The Olive Leaf
  • 60. Until All Are One With Him
  • 61. Death Has Not Won, But Lost
  • 62. Call to Arms
  • 63. When All Is Done
  • 64. How Rarely Have I Come This Way
  • 65. At a Place So Very Different
  • 66. My Best Years Lie Ahead
  • 67. Sons of Zion, Jesus Calls You
  • 68. Come, Sing Your Song to Me
  • 69. May It Be Always So
  • 70. Until Safe in Heaven's Embrace
  • 71. Seek the Spirit
  • 72. Undertow
  • 73. If I Am Given Time
  • 74. Sons and Daughters, Heirs of Promise
  • 75. Wrestling for a Call
  • 76. When Everything is Ready
  • 77. One Thousand Times
  • 78. Tearful and Fearful I Prayed Through the Evening
  • 79. Tell Us, How Do Servants and Teachers Like You Come Along?
  • 80. Blessings for Beloved Servants
  • 81. Our Gayla's Free at Last
  • 82. I Am a Witness of Your Worth
  • 83. I'll Live With You Again
  • 84. Brother, Friend, and Fellow Servant
  • 85. Grieve Not for Him
  • 86. Press On From Payson's Hill
  • 87. The Righteous Live in Me
  • 88. Homecoming
  • 89. In Honor of My Friends Unseen
  • 90. [An Invitation] We Call to You
  • 91. Fellow Americans, Let Us Talk
  • 92. Brothers and Sisters, Fulfilled Together
  • 93. What We Have Lost in Our Digital Paradise
  • 94. Running Out of Time
  • 95. Ere You Hear the Sound of Battle
  • 96. 21st Century Gadiantons
  • 97 The Setting Apart
  • 98. What Do You Say?
  • 99. To a Woman of Tempered Steel
  • 100. A Correction Soon Begins
  • 101. The Quiet of the Morning
  • 102. Slippery Slope
  • 103. Stormy--We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This
  • 104. Warriors of the Mind and Soul [Poetic Process Discussion]
  • 105. He Wrote Just as He Lived
  • 106. Life Singer
  • 107. Zion's Daughter Leanore
  • 108. Does Your House of Worship Now Seem Lonely
  • 109. Crucify the "Old Man of Sin"
  • 110. We Loved Them Once
  • 111. Winter's Mothers God Holds Most Dear
  • 112. Lord, Please Forgive Us Anew
  • 113. Patriot's Faith Will Triumph Yet
  • 114. Indexing
  • 115. I Am Liberty
  • 116. The Beauty
  • 117. To Aid the Innocents Abused
  • 118. A Noble Bugler Has Returned
  • 119. The Music of the Lord
  • 120. Frog Cat
  • 121. God's Storms
  • 122. The Daughters of the Lord
  • 123. Come Back, Before Our Souls for Error Yearn
  • 124. Don't Tell Me That My Time Has Come
  • 125. From the Dust [Comes The Book of Mormon]
  • 126 To See the Sun Again
  • 127. Mourning America
  • 128. For Baby Adam
  • 129. Despedida Ansiosa/Anxious Farewell
  • 130. Between the Lines
  • 131. Will You Ever Ask the Questions
  • 132. The Days I Spent With You
  • 133. For Nelda
  • 134. The Covenant Path
  • 135. Heartland Dream
  • 136 We Sent Our Very Best
  • 137. Sisters of the Covenant, Daughters of God
  • 138 Sisters Share Their Cheerful Hearts
  • 139 God Looketh On the Heart
  • 140 What of Me?
  • 141 The Return
  • 142 Latter-day Defenders
  • 143. "Come and See, Come and Help, Come and Share"
  • 144. The Best of Father's Seed I've Known
  • 145. [Complete, but pending.]
  • 146. When the Days of Wait Are Over
  • 147. Red Kettles and Silver Bells
  • 148. Victory
  • 149. He Lacks Not Faith
  • 150. "Am I a Friend of Jesus?" [Spring 2020 Semi-Final Examination]
  • 151. Christ is Our Refuge Once Again
  • 152. Until We Kneel at Our Savior's Feet
  • 153. Where You Stand, You Should Still Lift
  • 154. No Day Shall Pass nor Night Shall Fall
  • 155. We Pray for You
  • 156. Bountiful Harvest
  • 157. A Message of Peace and Love
  • 158. Israel, Israel God Shall Save Thee
  • 159. For Those Who Wait
  • 160. Friends Who Intercede
  • 161. Young Women's "Frog Camp"
                                                      
                                      ORIGINAL 10 SECTIONS


ONE                Service in the Mission Field                             [1-10]

TWO               Service in the Kingdom                                    [11-19]

THREE            Service in Jesus’ Laws and Ordinances         [20-29]

FOUR              Service in the Family                                          [30-40]

FIVE                Service in the Community                                 [41-49]

SIX                  Service in the Republic                                      [50-54]

SEVEN            Jesus, the Master Servant                                 [55-61]

EIGHT             Jesus Calls Us to Serve                                     [62-70]

NINE               Jesus Prepares Us to Serve                               [71-79]

TEN                 Jesus Rewards His Servants                             [80-89]


                                                             POEMS

ONE                Service in the Mission Field

1                      His Kingdom to Prepare
2                      My Choice Companions in the Lord
3                      Companions
4                      Companions II
5                      A Mother’s MTC Farewell
6                      Who Will Dare for Christ?
7                      To a Chosen Generation
8                      I Feel Such a Strangeness
9                      Not Me
10                    My Brother’s Father

TWO               Service in the Kingdom

11                    Not Far Away
12                    Questions for Our Leaders
13                    Questions from Our Leaders
14                    The Visit
15                    Show and Tell 
16                    Within Our Slumber We Will Dream
17                    Servants in the Shadows
18                    Joya Escojida (Chosen Jewel)
19                    Las Aguas Del Señor (The Waters of the Lord)

THREE            Service in Jesus’ Laws and Ordinances

20                    Come Fasting to the Meeting Place
21                    As Voices Join in Sacred Sabbath Service
22                    A Child’s Baptismal Day
23                    In Temple White
24                    Temple Hill
25                    This Precious Day
26                    The Translators

(The Repentance Trilogy)

27                    I Your Husband Who Have Fallen
28                    The Wife’s Song
29                    Remember Not Past Years


FOUR             Service in the Family

30                    A Priesthood Lullaby 
31                    The Season of Our Need
32                    Cherished Daughter, Valiant Servant
33                    Daughter, Hear and Heed Your Savior’s Voice
34                    Bird Mom
35                    Eric’s Song
36                    A Wedding Song of Praise
37                    Testimonies to My Daughters
38                    Prayer for a Caring Granddaughter
39                    Firstborn Son and Firstborn Daughter
40                    Father’s Day

FIVE                Service in the Community    

41                    The Hospital
42                    The Children of the World   
43                    For the Healers of the World
44                    Simple Heroes of Our Day
45                    To This World So Prone to Peril
46                    Somewhere   
47                    Servant of Servants
48                    We Wish that You Were Here
49                    The Teacher

SIX                  Service in the Republic  

50                    To Protect Marriage and Family
51                    Earth’s Unborn Children Weeping
52                    Prayers for the Peacekeepers
53                    That Patriot Dreams Will Come to Pass
54                    We Would Do It All Again



SEVEN            Jesus, the Master Servant

55                    So Much More           
56                    Passage and Pilot      
57                    Because of the Son
58                    Growing Up
59                    The Olive Leaf
60                    Until All Are One with Him   
61                    Death Has Not Won But Lost

EIGHT.           Jesus Calls Us to Serve

62                    Call to Arms   
63                    When All is Done      
64                    How Rarely Have I Come This Way  
65                    At a Place So Very Different  
66                    My Best Years Lie Ahead  
67                    Sons of Zion, Jesus Calls You
68                    Come Sing Your Song to Me
69                    May It Be Always So  
70                    Until Safe in Heaven’s Embrace

NINE               Jesus Prepares His Servants       

71                    Seek the Spirit           
72                    Undertow      
73                    If I am Given Time
74                    Sons and Daughters, Heirs of Promise
75                    Wrestling for a Call               
76                    When Everything is Ready    
77                    One Thousand Times
78                    Tearful and Fearful I Prayed Through the Evening 
79                    Tell Us, How Do Servants and Teachers Like You Come Along

TEN                 Jesus Rewards His Servants   

80                    Blessings for Beloved Servants
81                    Our Gayla’s Free At Last
82                    I Am a Witness of Your Worth
83                    I’ll Live With You Again
84                    Brother, Friend, and Fellow Servant
85                    Grieve Not for Him
86                    Press On From Payson’s Hill
87                    The Righteous Live in Me
88                    Homecoming
89                    In Honor of My Friends Unseen
90                    We Call to You 

NEWER POEMS, NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN WRITTEN FORM.


91                   Fellow Americans, Let Us Talk
92                   Brothers and Sisters, Fulfilled Together
93                   What We Have Lost in Our Digital Paradise
94                   Running Out of Time
95                   [Under Revision]
96                   21st Century Gadiantons
97                   The Setting Apart
98                   What Do You Say?
99                   To a Woman of Tempered Steel
100                 A Correction Soon Begins
101                 The Quiet of the Morning
102                 Slippery Slope
103                 Stormy--"We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This"
104                 Warrior of the Mind and Soul
105                 He Wrote Just as He Lived
106                 Life Singer
107                 Zion's Daughter Leanore
108                 Does Your House of Worship Now Seem Lonely
109                 Crucify the "Old Man of Sin"
110                 We Loved Them Once
111                 Winter's Mothers God Holds Most Dear
112                 Lord, Please Forgive Us Anew
113                 Patriot's Faith Will Triumph Yet
114                 Indexing
115                 I Am Liberty
116
                          The Beauty
117                 To Aid the Innocents Abused
118                  A Noble Bugler Has Returned
119                  The Music of the Lord
120                  Frog Cat
121                  God's Storms
122                  The Sisters of the Lord
123                  Come Back, Before Our Souls For Error Yearn
124                  Don't Tell Me That My Time Has Come
125                  From the Dust
126                  To See the Sun Again
127                  Mourning America
128                  For Baby Adam
129                  Despedida Ansiosa [work in progress]
130                  Between the Lines
131                  Will You Ever Ask the Questions
132                  The Days I Spent With You
133                  For Nelda
134                  The Covenant Path
135                  Heartland Dream