Sheila's Dribs 'n Drabs

Risen Indeed What threatened us was promise And what we feared was hope. In the grave we laid him Left him then he rose. Do not fear  he whispered. Tell the world  he said Love to loveless given Risen from the dead. Now he gives us promise Hope instead of fear. In the grave our trials Were crushed.  The future’s here! He’s risen indeed!

Holy Saturday’s Planting Yellow in the green grass, suns Are lit, and, passing, Easter’s Son Has fit the crime to gift of Bread and wine. The Son-shine lifts, And yellow lions bend their heads to Him. I touch the yellow lion, see God’s Lion set me free.

Behold! Behold the wood— And cloth of purple dyed is slipped aside— Behold the cross on which he died. Behold the wood. And so I cry— I did not ask that he should die for me— And yet I weep And yet this vigil keep. Behold the wood. I am not good. I do not do the good I would And what I should not, do, Yet even with my woulds and shoulds and coulds He says I’m good enough— Behold the wood— For him to pay my price. So on that tree— Behold the wood— He died for me— Behold the wood— That I might be— Behold the wood— So much much more than me. Behold the wood. Behold—I will behold, And I will try. Behold, he dies. And he will rise.

Bread and Wine Bread and bitter herbs and oil Sponge was dipped in gall Wine with water smoothly blends While blood and water pour One of you betrays me, we All ask  Not I?  while each Betrays him when the end is near And each forgiven cries He’s risen; where am I to go from here?

Once upon a time  a nice Irish family moved to a nice American town called Hemlock Edge. But the Irish girl's father was a magician.  Every day Dad worked at his tricks, the children went to school, and Mom made herbal teas for the neighbors .  One day  Siobhan awoke from a nightmare to find that her dreams were "almost" real.  Because of that,  she began to see her friends and neighbors differently.  Because of that,  certain friends and neighbors began to see her differently too.  Until finally  she caught the attention of witches and wizards alike, and found herself in the middle of ancient battles and mysterious powers. Siobhan and her friends will have to choose a side, and try to choose right, in HEMLOCK EDGE by Sheila Deeth

Once upon a time  the small town of Paradise was a peaceful place where everyone knew everyone else.  Every day  parents went to work, children went to school, mothers drank coffee in the park while toddlers played, and ducks swam on the pond .  One day  a girl disappeared.  Because of that,  people stopped talking to each other.  Because of that,  the peaceful town of Paradise began to fall apart.  Until finally  a small boy taught his mother a big lesson about forgiveness, and she passed it on. And so the town Divided was reunited - DIVIDE BY ZERO by Sheila Deeth