The first time I encountered holiness—and it was an encounter—I had quietly entered the women’s prayer group that met at Calvary Temple Church in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday mornings. My mom would drop me off at a class and allow me to meet her back in the prayer room. I must have been mid-elementary school…
Category: Poetry
Surrender to Joy
Obedience and surrender have shaped my life more deeply than success ever could. As my husband, daughter, and I traveled across continents—sometimes three in one week—I discovered quickly that joy is born from surrender. Not the reluctant kind, but the kind that releases your grip on your own plans so you can take hold of…
Preorder available
I’m delighted to share about my new book, “A Roadmap to Joy: Find Your Way in a World of Discontent.” The book comes from a very tender place in my heart. For years I have wrestled with the tensions that so many of us feel: longing for joy while walking through disappointments, pressure, uncertainty, and…
Winter Moon
I love a full, silvery winter moon against an icy-cold, inky-blue, clear sky. Its radiance sparkling upon freshly falling snow makes me want to stop–urgently–to “watch the meadow fill” just like my old friend, Robert Frost… and to gaze upon the moonlight sparkle-play upon the “downy frost.” There is dancing when the nighttime skylight shines…
Choices
Even the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow can’t buy contentment. It is illusive. Culture is abstract yet often dictates our lives in concrete measures. Choice is concrete yet seems abstract as we begin choosing how to live. The secrets of contentment, which transcend the content of our culture, is rooted in…
Language
Lofty thoughts, which become ideals and hopefully–actions like forgiveness, freedom, liberty, holiness, purity, redemption, atonement, justice, retribution, love, kindness, patience, or equality begin as seeds planted in the souls of mankind by the Spirit of God hovering upon the treasure of the universe. As we mature to grapple–chew and swallow these, they break through concrete barriers with rapid force and power like…
A Road Map to Joy
A ROAD MAP TO JOYPoems and StoriesFind Your Way in a World of Discontent Step into a world where faith and poetry intertwine—where the flicker of hope leads you down a path toward lasting joy. In “A Road Map to Joy,” Bonnie Saul Wilks gathers luminous poems and reflective stories that capture the ache and…
Trailing Star Circles
{Star trails are visible due to Earth’s rotation, which causes stars to appear to move across the sky. As Earth spins on its axis, long exposure photographs can capture this motion, showing stars as streaks or arcs in circled image. Wikipedia} Trailing Star Circles Only 4 or 5 times have I felt the earth spin…
“A Roadmap to Joy: Find Your Way in a World of Discontent.”
I didn’t set out to write a book about joy! When I gathered my journals and blog entries of our lives, blessed opportunities of service, and extensive travel through the nations, a roadmap to joy became the surprising end result. Yes, setbacks loomed as did disappointments, mistakes, even betrayal. I learned over and over that…
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