Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Joseph’s hometown

The city of David
the root, the shoot, the stem
his life charted
in the garden, the way
Joseph’s hometown
humble, in Herod’s shadow
his monument, his reward
a new king born, of heaven
to unravel the past
to chart a new destiny
life, by the covenant
that all men may be free


December 6, 2011
Advent book study
“The Journey”
By Reverend Adam Hamilton
Led by Pastor Ruth Foss
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http://www.ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com
http://pastorruth.posterous.com/
A Handmaiden of the Lord
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
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Suncook, NH
November 27, 2011
First Sunday of Advent

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