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Kathy's new collection of Bible poetry, ...And a Poem, is now available for the Kindle, Nook, and in paperback.

The title is borrowed from that old stereotypical preacher's formula, "three points and a poem." Often Kathy will take sermon notes by putting a message to poetry, and some of her best are collected here.

For instance, here's her poem about Eutychus, based on Acts 20:7-12:

The Apostle Paul often spoke

For hours upon end

And sometimes went past midnight

When he caught a second wind.

One such night this happened

While Eutychus sat perched

High upon a windowsill

When meeting with the church.

A yawn, a crash, and chaos!

Eutychus fell fast,

The fall was down three stories

And he knew it was his last!

The people crowded round

While Paul ran to his side.

He wrapped his arms around him,

Poor Eutychus had died.

“Alas! He isn’t hurt!”

Was Paul’s excited shout.

He had raised him from the dead—

There wasn’t any doubt!

Paul preached on ‘til dawn

While the people sat in awe

After seeing this great miracle

Of Eutychus and his fall.

Seriously--where else are you going to find a poem about Eutychus? She even has one about Zerubbabel, believe it or not!

...And a Poem is the first of hopefully many books from This Lamp Press (you read that correctly). This first volume contains 45 poems, and watch for a second book of Kathy's poetry later this summer, tentatively titled Pictures on the Fridge.

We've tried to price these books inexpensively because we're more interested in people actually reading them than making money. The Kindle and Nook editions are 99¢ and the paperback is $6.99, which is about as low as we can make it.

Enjoy!