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    Uncommon Ground: Down-To-Earth Poems for Daily Living
    Uncommon Ground: Down-To-Earth Poems for Daily Living
    Uncommon Ground: Down-To-Earth Poems for Daily Living
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    Uncommon Ground: Down-To-Earth Poems for Daily Living

    By Frances Parker

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    Such trivial things a hutch full of rabbits, dishes left over after a church potluck, a bag of sugar, cleaning house ordinary things and ordinary activities in which Frances Parker once again discovers the extraordinary. She detects the activity and the voice of God in the routine things of life and shares them with her readers in an unassuming, yet surprising manner. Her poetry, focusing on everyday, common happenings,encourages readers to see God in the humdrum sameness of their busy lives. She shows that opportunities to experience Him are all around.

    Parker offers glimpses of God in the ordinary things of life. In Uncommon Ground, she invites you to take off your shoes and discover something extraordinary in the everyday, uncommon ground beneath your feet.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 10, 2011
    ISBN9781449729974
    Uncommon Ground: Down-To-Earth Poems for Daily Living
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    Frances Parker

    Frances Parker is inspired by life’s simple experiences.  She currently writes from the seat of her tractor or her home in Washington, where she, her husband, Jeff, and their three sons farm alfalfa.  

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      Book preview

      Uncommon Ground - Frances Parker

      unCommon GROUND:

      Down-to-Earth Poems

      for Daily Living

      Also by Frances Parker

      Fertile Ground: Down-to-Earth Poems of Spiritual Encouragement

      FRANCES PARKER

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      Copyright © 2011 Frances Parker

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2998-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-2997-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011919044

      Printed in the United States of America

      WestBow Press rev. date: 11/05/2011

      Contents

      Rabbit Chores

      Cleaning

      Playing Telephone

      When Nobody’s Looking

      Potluck Dishes

      Moving

      The Sugar Bag

      My Wind-Up Toy

      Babylon and Back

      Gladiator

      Jesus Won’t Remember

      My Rock and the Hard Place

      Refuge

      I Am Lazarus

      Healed

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