Trying to describe
how I saw the world,
how I embraced the colors,
the shades of gray within each argument,
how I argued as an attorney
not in a continuum, a spectrum,
but one wavelength at a time.
Not a monochrome, stagnant,
only in black and white, not really,
nothing so stark in dividing the light;
there is a spectrum, I acknowledge,
a range of bright colors to choose from,
but for me not blending, changing
arguing one sliver of light at a time.
I saw definite lines,
without ambiguity, arguments
able to grasp ahold, tenaciously,
to argue for a single line, one shade,
as a spoke on a bicycle wheel
in slivers of discrete color
one wavelength at a time.
Not fuzzy lines morphing
one to another, shades of gray, blending;
a method, a path, choosing,
one or the other, plaintiff or defendant,
able to argue, to advocate,
holding onto one thin sliver,
one shade of color at a time.
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edited January 15, 2016
In slivers of discrete
color – v3
(editing version 2)
edited October 2, 2015
In slivers of discrete
color – v2
edited June 25, 2014
In slivers of discrete
color
edited June 25, 2014
In spokes of lines of
color – v2
March 8, 2012
In spokes of lines of
color
Wednesday evening worship
Fifth of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of
Prayer”,
Fifth Sunday: Clear and
Black Bead: Night and Day
Genesis 1
Psalm 139:11-12
Daniel 2:22
and meditation
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist
Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2012
Matthew 6:5-14
“Jesus Teaches About
Prayer” (NCV)
(including Lord’s Prayer)
Romans 12:12
Ephesians 6:11-18
Sermon 1 of “All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”
Summer Sermon Series on Prayer
children’s message by Ray
Foss
opening and welcome by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon
blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
and
sermon, “Stop, Look and Listen”
by Sally
Drew
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
June 22,
2014
&
Wednesday evening worship
Fourth of series on
prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of
Prayer”,
Fourth Sunday: Stepping
Stone Bead: Journey of Faith
and meditation
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Suncook United Methodist
Church
Suncook, NH
February 15, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Third of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of
Prayer”,
Third Sunday: Silence
and meditation
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Suncook United Methodist
Church
Suncook, NH
February 1, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
Second of series on
prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of
Prayer”,
Second Sunday: Bumpy Bead
1 John 4:7-21
and meditation
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 25, 2012
&
Wednesday evening worship
start of series on prayer,
inspired by Marcia McFee,
“All My Days: A Summer of
Prayer”,
First Sunday: God
Psalm 105:1-6
Isaiah 56:1-8
Acts 17:22-32
poem, “Pied Beauty”,
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
and meditation
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Suncook United Methodist
Church
Suncook, NH
January 11, 2012
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