Monday, December 10, 2012

Burn Down Christmas



Burn down Christmas
tear down the trees
the glitter, the focus
on the stuff we don’t need

Rip up the tax code
the whole thing broken
none of this can be fixed
in bits and pieces

A wholesale redraft
a looking within
none of this worthy
for this people, our nation

All we settle for
a thin version of our joy
the babe in the manger
cast to the curb

Exalting the fat-man
by the name of Santa
the same letters spelling
the devil, Satan

Burn down Christmas
because it is nothing holy
like the golden calf
made, worshiped,
by men in the desert


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December 10, 2012
Thoughts about:
-         the commercialization of Christmas,
-         the Fiscal Cliff
-         our lack of confidence in government
-         and the coarseness of the world
Spirit Study,
around session 2,
“Giving Up on Perfect”
of video series:
“A Different Kind of Christmas: Living and Giving Like Jesus”
by Reverend Mike Slaughter
and companion book,
“Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving like Jesus”,
also by Reverend Mike Slaughter,
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December 9, 2012
Second Sunday of Advent
&
Worship Theme: “I Believe in the Love/ Peace”
Luke 3:1-6 (English Standard Version Bible)
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
Malachi 3:1-4 (Common English Bible)
Philippians 1:3-11 (Contemporary English Version Bible)
and sermon – “True Love”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December 9, 2012
Second Sunday of Advent


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