Points to Ponder: Poetry and Prose to Challenge the Mind and Heart [Paperback]

Elizabeth Pearson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 16, 2005

Do you know what you Believe?How do you know if you are right?What should be the final test? AS YOU READ MY POEMSYou're my "audience of one."I hope to hold you captiveFrom the moment you've begun. But, alas, it's for you to decideIf staying is worth your while.Will you decide I bore youOr will you like my style? Perhaps the subjects coveredWill draw you back again,Curious to see what truths I seeIn the rhymes that I have penned. These are but lessons I have learned,Many that I feel should not be spurned.You may applaud or disagree,And, without repercussion, take issue with me. I beg you to enter with an open mind,Taking time to think through and digest.Discard what, to you, does not applyBut linger o'er what you deem best. And, if there's but one you can pass along ,'Twill serve to fill my heart with song.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Pearson is 77 and has written poetry since her youth (over 400 in this volume). She attended Wheaton (IL) College 3 years and after working as a secretary at Sears Midwest Territorial Office in Chicago, she married and raised a family of two boys and a girl. She has five grandchildren. She returned to college after 18 years, to earn a BS in elementary education at age 42, taught for 18 years (3rd, then 2nd grade) in Elmhurst, IL for 18 years and earned her MS at Northern Illinois U. when 50. She has been active at Grace Bible Church in Elmhurst for over 65 years, serving innumerous capacities: secretary; choir, organ, piano, ladies' trio; SS. supt/teacher, reporter for church newsletters; youth clubs; drama team; VBS, bulletin boards; president of women's missionary group; Community Impact Committee. Likes to read, write, golf and bowl. Has had over 150 "Letters to Editors" in print, a dozenin The Chicago Tribune in 2004. She writes to proclaim her faith in Jesus Christ and to invite others to "ponder" the truth of the Scriptures and the promises He makes to all who will live for Him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (November 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420875140
• ISBN-13: 978-1420875140
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,443,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)