With Pen to the Page – v2

With pen to the page

they spoke across the ages

to the cause we keep

to the things we believe

of a freedom to be

within this land we love

When all men are truly free

Words worth fighting for

four score and more,

remembering all who have gone before

who sacrificed and died

so that this land could truly be

as the founders prayed we may be

one people together, united and free

Edited October 5, 2013

With Pen to the Page – v2

July 4, 2009

With Pen to the Page

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/07/with-pen-to-page.html

written for July 4^th celebration

http://www.concordwumc.org

Wesley United Methodist Church

Concord, NH

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Drop your stones – v4

walk in mercy, in grace

look first in the mirror

at your own face

let go of judgment

be merciful, humble

to your sister, your brother

none of them strangers

all children of God

drop your stones

your burden, your judgment

your certainty, broken

leave them in the dust

love unconditionally

offer your presence

share love richly

to all whom you meet

====

Edited October 3, 2013

“Drop your stones – v4”

(editing version 3)

Edited August 25, 2013

editing the original

“Drop your stones – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/drop-your-stones-v3.html

Edited August 11, 2013

“Drop your stones – v2”

February 21, 2013

“Drop your stones”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/02/drop-your-stones.html

John 8:1-11

Matthew 14:22-33

Wednesday night worship

Worship Theme: “Ready for a Change”

message, “Rock Bottom /  Courage”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 20, 2013

Lent

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These Bones Can Live – v4

Dry bones in the valley, waiting

together, coming together

by the word of the prophet

one people, one body

pulled together

into union

alive, as one

bone to bone

sinew, flesh, joining

flesh coming together

brought back from death

alive, these bones can live

Edited October 3, 2013

These Bones Can Live – v4

(editing original again)

June 8, 2011

These Bones Can Live

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/these-bones-can-live.html

New England Methodist Church

Annual Conference LIVE Webcast

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380

Ezekiel 37:1-6

and words of Bishop Peter Weaver

&

facebook post

http://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss#!/profile.php?id=601115010&v=wall&story_fbid=149019671784253

by Jill Delbridge

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601115010

August 20, 2010

&

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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stepping into the water – v2

watching the journey

his stepping into the Jordan

seeing a look of awareness

of what he was doing

joining the pilgrims

Christ before them

this same bit of water

where he was washed as well

stepping into the water

into the Jordan

remembering the water

that washed our Lord

====

Edited October 3, 2013

stepping into the water – v2

March 9, 2013

stepping into the water

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/03/stepping-into-water.html

video and

Spirit Study

March 3, 2013

&

Mark 1:9-13

Matthew 4:8-10

Chapter 1,

“Baptism and Temptation

The Jordan River and the Wilderness”

third book in a series of books -

“The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/#!/RevAdamHamilton

read 2/23/2012

&        

“Final Words from the Cross”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802

&

“24 Hours That Changed the World”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652

&           

Spirit study

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

led by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH              

February 17, 2013

Lent

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Knowing God is with me – v7

I am free of my struggles

of my worries right now

knowing God is with me

fulfilling his promise

with us now, present

as he said he would

the Spirit within me

leading me on, forward

to face tomorrow

knowing he will be with me

ever, always, with me

to the end of the age

Edited October 3, 2013

Knowing God is with me – v7

(editing original again)

June 19, 2011

Knowing God is with me

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/knowing-god-is-with-me.html

Matthew 28:16-20

The Great Commission

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Final Greeting

Worship Theme: ‘God is “multi-dimensional”’

and sermon: “Living 3-D”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

Trinity Sunday

Peace with Justice Sunday

http://www.umcgiving.org/site/c.qwL6KkNWLrH/b.3833883/k.F990/Special_Sundays__Peace_with_Justice_Sunday__Overview.htm

Second Sunday of Pentecost

Father’s Day

June 19, 2011

&

“3-D LIVING”

words on church sign

June 15, 2011

Suncook United Methodist Church

&

http://www.theshackbook.com/

The Shack, by William P. Young

and Chapter 13, “A Meeting of Hearts”

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only by your power – v2

I am centered, at peace

not by my hand, my actions

only by your grace

your Spirit within me

beating, calming my heart

held in your loving arms

safe from the world

not by my strength

by wisdom, my reason

not my ability, oh Lord

only by your power

your touch, your hand upon me

only you, Lord, giving me peace

your rest, my reward

Edited October 3, 2013

only by your power – v2

October 2, 2013

only by your power

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/only-by-your-power.html

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Frozen Water – v2

The camera caught the water

froze it at a moment of time

burned into the emulsion

the bits of the computer

preserved as drops, bits of eternity

etched right there

on the square of film

seeing what the human eye cannot see

the beauty in the pauses between

the rushing water

over rock and falls

broken into tiny droplets

saved and framed on my wall

Edited October 3, 2013

Frozen Water – v2

August 12, 2006 21:45

Frozen Water

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/frozen-water.html

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Our Table – v2

Our table, ready

open to all who come

yet not for a season

weeks with the door shuttered

helpers gone away

no one now ready

when a stranger

comes our way

Edited October 3, 2013

Our Table – v2

June 14, 2010

Our Table

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-table.htm

Luke 7:36-50

and

http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=

Upper Room Disciplines for 2010

for June 7, 2010 to June 13, 2010,

“The Welcome Table”,

http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-leadership-staff/marian-wright-edelman/

by Marian Wright Edelman

for June 12, 2010,

read June 14, 2010

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Newsboys - Live With Abandon

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only by your power

I am centered, at peace

not by my hand, my actions

only by your grace

held in your loving arms

safe from the world

not by my strength

my ability, oh Lord

only by your power

your rest, my reward

October 2, 2013

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calming the frightened deer – v4

see the eyes of our clients

panic in the hallway

steps of the court

in mediation, in trial

as an animal, a deer

caught in the woods

nowhere to run

wolves on the hunt

they are trapped

not knowing what to do

only wanting to run

calming frightened deer

to bring them back

regaining some composure

some semblance they are human

supposedly governed, controlled

by reason, by thought

yet for an instant propelled

back eons of life, ancient

to fight or flight, wanting to run

returning to a more primitive state

where law has no meaning

not knowing what to do

only wanting to run

edited April 12, 2014

calming the frightened deer – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/calming-frightened-deer-v6.html

(editing original again)

Edited November 9, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/calming-frightened-deer-v5.html

(editing version 2 again)

Edited October 1, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/calming-frightened-deer-v4.html

(editing version 2)

Edited August 30, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/calming-frightened-deer-v3.html

Edited June 19, 2013 and June 20, 2013

calming the frightened deer – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/06/calming-frightened-deer-v2.html

June 16, 2012

calming the frightened deer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/calming-frightened-deer.html

written after attending

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

mirror neurons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

&

It Takes a Village

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village

&

It Takes a Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Family

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When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v4

Nothing Christian

nothing of Jesus

of the One who descended

who walked as a man

Nothing of Christ

in burning a cross

nothing Christian in this

especially in the Deep South

When Hate claims Christ’s name

hurting his people

his ministry here

the hope of the nations

Stand with Jesus

against hate, injustice

speak out against them

for they are not Christian

Stand with Christ

our rock, our salvation

his message stronger

his light the way

Edited October 1, 2013

“When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v4”

(editing original again)

Edited August 11, 2013

“When Hate Claims Christ’s Name – v3”

Written July 4, 2012

“When Hate Claims Christ’s Name”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-hate-claims-christs-name.html

"All White Christian" convention being held in Lamar County this week

http://www.abc3340.com/story/18945750/whites-only-convention-being-held-in-marion-county-this-week

&

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/1998/winter/identity-crisis/mistaken-identity

&

July 4, 2012

We Pray for Our Nation – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v3.html

July 2, 2012

We Pray for Our Nation – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-pray-for-our-nation-v2.html

extract of Prayers of the People

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6437456#editor/target=post;postID=5705129811262611669

second of a worship series on:

“Cruising the Sacred Waters of Our Faith”

Theme - Where do we put Jesus in our lives?
Mark 5:21-43 (GOD’s WORD Translation)
Psalm 130 (Common English Bible)
2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (NIV)

Call to Worship(Abington Worship 2012)(Psalm 130, Mark 5)

Unison Prayer

Prayer of Dedication (Mark 5:21-43) (2 Corinthians 8, Mark 5)

(adapted from GBOD 2012 and Abington Worship 2012)

Communion,  UMH page 9
Sermon - What Jesus Means to Me!

by Raymond A. Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

July 1, 2012

Fifth Sunday of Kingdomtide

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My Land – v3

My land, these words

separating our world

ownership, protection

walling off neighbor

claiming land as their own

passed on to descendants

My land, not yours

for my own purpose

now claiming the land

fixed in one place

no longer nomads, gatherers

people bound to the earth

====

Edited September 5, 2013

My Land – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-land-v2.html

January 18, 2013

My Land

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-land.html

substitute teaching at Pembroke,

Three Rivers School

6^th grade Social Studies,

covering the Neolithic Age,

page 45

“Human Heritage”,

by Miriam Greenblatte and Peter Lenzino

Chapter 2, “Prehistoric People”,

Section 2, “The Neolithic Age”

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on top of Calvary’s hill – v2

my focus this season

our walk in this Lent

to humble walk beside Jesus

to journey to the places he went

to linger, to sit at his feet

Walking into the synagogues,

in the ways of Galilee

turning with him to Jerusalem

to face his destiny, his Passion

journeying at the pace of our Savior

his purposefulness my guide

walking to the cross with Jesus

with the disciples by my side

There in the courts of the Lord

on top of Calvary’s hill

as Christ was dying for my sin

that I may have life with him

Edited October 1, 2013

on top of Calvary’s hill – v2

February 27, 2012

on top of Calvary’s hill

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-top-of-calvarys-hill.html

Worship Theme – “Ash Wednesday”

Prelude

Unison Prayer

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (CEB)

Joel 2:12-17a (CEB)

Prayer of Confession (Psalm 51:3)

Pastoral Prayer

Word of Assurance (GBOD 2012)

Thanksgiving over the ashes

Distribution of the Ashes

hymn, “Sunday’s Palms Are Wednesday’s Ashes” TFWS #2138

and Ash Wednesday Meditation,

“The Math of Lent”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

Ash Wednesday

February 22, 2012

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Knowing God is with me – v6

Freed of my struggles

of my worries right now

at peace in my body

knowing God is with me

fulfilling his promise

with us now

as he said he would

the Spirit within me

leading me on

to face tomorrow

knowing he will be with me

ever, always

to the end of my days

Edited October 1, 2013

Knowing God is with me – v6

(editing original again)

June 19, 2011

Knowing God is with me

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/knowing-god-is-with-me.html

Matthew 28:16-20

The Great Commission

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Final Greeting

Worship Theme: ‘God is “multi-dimensional”’

and sermon: “Living 3-D”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

Trinity Sunday

Peace with Justice Sunday

http://www.umcgiving.org/site/c.qwL6KkNWLrH/b.3833883/k.F990/Special_Sundays__Peace_with_Justice_Sunday__Overview.htm

Second Sunday of Pentecost

Father’s Day

June 19, 2011

&

“3-D LIVING”

words on church sign

June 15, 2011

Suncook United Methodist Church

&

http://www.theshackbook.com/

The Shack, by William P. Young

and Chapter 13, “A Meeting of Hearts”

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Season’s Purpose – v3

Not about the presents

the tinsel, the garland

the trees we cut and carry

standing in our homes

Not even about the giving

the sharing of our bounty

the presents we exchange

as witness to our love

The season’s purpose

retelling the coming

the promise of his coming

in victory in a time to come

The Christ coming before us

into our consciousness

calling us to him

if we would but believe

The story of the Christ-child

the love of Jesus

God’s grace in the power

of his humble birth

God redeeming

reclaiming his creation

restoring all who would follow

who would take up their cross

Specific instructions

in the life of Jesus

in the words of his witness

in his commands to his flock

That we would end our days

as we begin this season

humbly worshiping

the depths of God’s love

God’s love unending

his grace without end

bringing us to him

at the foot of the cross

Edited October 1, 2013

The Season’s Purpose – v3

edited February 25, 2012

The Season’s Purpose – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/02/seasons-purpose-v2-not-about-presents.html

changing the spelling from “worshipped” to “worshiped”,

because Blogger and Twitter said “worshipped” is a misspelling.

&

November 26, 2010

Romans 13:11-14

Isaiah 2:1-5

Worship Theme: “Hope”

and sermon, “The Reason for the Season”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

November 28, 2010

First Sunday of Advent

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Right Side Up – v2

The story of Christmas

trying to turn the world

right side up, to turn from

the power of night

to a world where sacrifice,

where servanthood

where the meek, the forgotten

the least, the last, the lost

outsiders equal with the select

all are worthy,

all brought inside

within, with him

a king a babe

a throne a manger

women, shepherds, foreigners

all can be vessels for God’s message;

A babe in swaddling clothes

will change the world

Edited October 1, 2013

Right Side Up – v2

December 21 and 24, 2008

Right Side Up

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/12/right-side-up.html

Micah 4:1-7

Luke 1:46-55

and sermon, “An Upside Down Christmas”,

by Reverend Huntley Halvorson

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The Potter – v2

Imagining, picturing, seeing

the hands of the potter

sitting at the wheel

loving the clay

what delicate mastery

his artistry to reveal

the eyes of the potter

if we could only but see

the world, the creation

through His eyes

no more mystery

the mind of the potter

symmetry, balance

perfect creation

all for a purpose

all part of his plan

the love of the potter

touching our liquid clay

holding us, shaping us

picking up the broken pieces

lovingly making us worthy

by his loving hands

Edited October 1, 2013

The Potter – v2

December 19, 2009

The Potter

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/12/potter.html

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Genesis 2:4b-25

the tension between the two traditions

giving us two creation stories

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Jeremiah 18:1-4

&

via email conversation 12/4/09

with artist and teacher

Carol Childress,

author of blog, “Choosing Joy”,

http://carolchil.blogspot.com/

and see: http://carolchil.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-everything-there-is-season.html

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 25,810+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.