Christ did not come for the righteous – v2

Christ did not come for the righteous

for the sheep of His flock;

Christ came to save the least, the last, the lost.

Christ came for the homeless, the broken,

the despondent, the self-righteous

those who are the last in this life.

Christ came for the prostitutes, for the beggars

for all who desperately need a Savior;

Christ came for all of us.

Christ came for the addicts

for the drug dealers, the mules,

the pushers, the alcoholics.

Christ came for the damned

for the wanderers, the lost

those seeking a place in this life.

Christ came for the sluts, the bastards

for the fallen, for the corrupt

for the empty, for the broken.

Christ came for the hurting, the sinners

for the whores and the bankrupt

for those on the outside, in the street.

Christ came for those struggling in this life,

for those judged unworthy, condemned

for all the others, those unwanted.

Christ came for the tax collectors,

the Gentiles, the criminals;

Christ came for me, for you,

Christ came for all of us.

==================

edited October 20, 2018

Christ did not come for the righteous – v2

edited October 20, 2018

Charitable, forgiving, unworldly – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/charitable-forgiving-unworldly-v2.html

October 20, 2018

a love abundant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-love-abundant.html

edited October 20, 2018

tolerant – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/tolerant-v2.html

October 20, 2018

tolerant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/tolerant.html

October 19, 2018

Charitable, forgiving, unworldly

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/charitable-forgiving-unworldly.html

edited October 18, 2018

the stones fell – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-stones-fell-v4.html

edited October 18, 2018

the stones fell – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-stones-fell-v3.html

edited October 18, 2018

we think we are better – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-think-we-are-better-v2.html

edited October 18, 2018

taste love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/taste-love.html

edited October 18, 2018

their stones fell

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/their-stones-fell.html

edited October 17, 2018

the stones fell – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-stones-fell-v2.html

October 17, 2018

an invitation to love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-to-love.html

edited October 17, 2018

love is caring – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/love-is-caring-v2.html

October 17, 2018

we think we are better

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-think-we-are-better.html

October 17, 2018

we remember His love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-remember-his-love.html

October 17, 2018

the stones fell

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-stones-fell.html

October 17, 2018

tasting love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/tasting-love.html

October 17, 2018

woven in the fabric

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/woven-in-fabric.html

October 17, 2018

love is caring

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/love-is-caring.html

October 17, 2018

singing come

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/singing-come.html

edited October 16, 2018

Christ came to rescue, to heal

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-to-rescue-to-heal.html

October 16, 2018

Christ came to rescue

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-to-rescue.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1052163149632278528

edited October 16, 2018

Christ did not come for the righteous

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-did-not-come-for-righteous.html

edited October 16, 2018

Christ came for the prostitutes, for the beggars

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-for-prostitutes-for-beggars.html

edited October 15, 2018

Christ came for the sluts, the bastards

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-for-sluts-bastards.html

October 15, 2018

Christ came for the addicts

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-for-addicts.html

edited October 15, 2018

Christ came for the damned – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-for-damned-v2.html

shortened to fit on Twitter

October 15, 2018

Christ came for the damned

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-came-for-damned.html

edited October 15, 2018

woe to the gatekeepers – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/woe-to-gatekeepers-v2.html

shortened to fit on Twitter

October 15, 2018

woe to the gatekeepers

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/woe-to-gatekeepers.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051978204267929600

10/15/18

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10216270024090951/

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss/status/1051816830627708933

8AM Live

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

&

edited October 15, 2018

Christ stayed on the cross – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-stayed-on-cross-v3.html

edited October 15, 2018

Christ stayed on our cross

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-stayed-on-our-cross.html

edited October 15, 2018

Christ stayed on the cross – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-stayed-on-cross-v2.html

October 15, 2018

Christ stayed on the cross

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-stayed-on-cross.html

October 15, 2018

Christ let the nails hold him

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-let-nails-hold-him.html

October 15, 2018

without expectations

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/without-expectations.html

October 15, 2018

love all the time

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/love-all-time.html

October 14, 2018

Third service in series

“The Table Invitation”

Week 3

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Psalm 90:12-17

https://youtu.be/gTXVUPLa2vQ

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/101418-psalm-9012-17-read-by-nancy.html

Romans 13:8-10

and sermon: “An Invitation to Love…”

video

https://youtu.be/4p0zQ3qx8JM

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/101418-sermon-invitation-to-love-by.html

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/492274544600918/

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051540521934643206

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051536787091480576

text

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/101418-sermon-invitation-to-love-by_14.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1609643975808618&id=174161846023512

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051574004165869575

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

8AM Live

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Children’s Message

https://youtu.be/UOdRNUOZP_4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/101418-childrens-message-pastor-ruth.html

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/731083297249752/

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051539869267386369

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1051535990983221248

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

www.stetsonmemorialumc.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9t8phsy6bU9ZaKspHOnsg

Patten, ME

October 14, 2018

&

October 13, 2018

God loves us - 4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/god-loves-us-4.html

edited October 13, 2018

a meal, a mystery – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-meal-mystery-v3.html

edited October 13, 2018

we are fed of His meal – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-fed-of-his-meal-v2.html

edited October 12, 2018

remembering that which we did not experience – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_12.html

October 12, 2018

remembering that which we did not experience

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/remembering-that-which-we-did-not.html

edited October 12, 2018

an invitation to come – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-to-come-v3.html

edited October 12, 2018

an invitation to come – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-to-come-v2.html

October 11, 2018

an invitation to come

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-to-come.html

edited October 11, 2018

each time we come – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/each-time-we-come-v2.html

edited/merged October 11, 2018

an invitation, a prayer – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-prayer-v2.html

edited October 11, 2018

a meal, a mystery – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-meal-mystery-v2.html

October 11, 2018

an invitation, a prayer

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-prayer.html

October 11, 2018

a meal, a mystery

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-meal-mystery.html

October 11, 2018

Communion, the Lord’s Supper

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/communion-lords-supper.html

October 11, 2018

each time we come

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/each-time-we-come.html

October 10, 2018

everyone you hate

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/everyone-you-hate.html

October 10, 2018

every one you judge

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/every-one-you-judge.html

October 10, 2018

every one you hate

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/every-one-you-hate.html

edited October 10, 2018

they too are family – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/they-too-are-family-v2.html

October 9, 2018

they too are family

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/they-too-are-family.html

October 9, 2018

the failed disciples

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-failed-disciples.html

October 9, 2018

Christ ate with his enemies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-ate-with-his-enemies.html

edited/ merged October 9, 2018

Christ ate with Judas – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-ate-with-judas-v2.html

October 9, 2018

those who hid, who ran away

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/those-who-hid-who-ran-away.html

October 9, 2018

Christ celebrated with Peter

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-celebrated-with-peter.html

October 9, 2018

Christ ate with Judas

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-ate-with-judas.html

edited October 8, 2018

waiting to come forward – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/waiting-to-come-forward-v2.html

edited October 8, 2018

drenched in Christ’s blood

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/drenched-in-christs-blood.html

October 8, 2018

when I eat of the bread

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/when-i-eat-of-bread.html

October 8, 2018

waiting to come forward

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/waiting-to-come-forward.html

October 8, 2018

we are drenched in His blood

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-drenched-in-his-blood.html

October 8, 2018

we taste sacrifice

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-taste-sacrifice.html

edited October 8, 2018

we taste grace – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-taste-grace-v2.html

October 8, 2018

we taste grace

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-taste-grace.html

October 8, 2018

we taste love

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-taste-love.html

October 8, 2018

we are fed of His meal

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-fed-of-his-meal.html

October 8, 2018

bread and juice

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/bread-and-juice.html

October 8, 2018

Jesus makes us worthy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/jesus-makes-us-worthy.html

October 8, 2018

the table is set - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-table-is-set-2.html

October 8, 2018

You’re invited

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/youre-invited.html

edited October 8, 2018

to commune with my enemy – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/to-commune-with-my-enemy-v2.html

October 8, 2018

the unworthy worthy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-unworthy-worthy.html

October 8, 2018

no one would come

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/no-one-would-come.html

October 7, 2018

to commune with my enemy

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/to-commune-with-my-enemy.html

edited/new name October 7, 2018

we come to Christ’s table broken

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-come-to-christs-table-broken.html

October 7, 2018

we come broken

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-come-broken.html

October 7, 2018

we come broken

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-come-broken.html

October 7, 2018

the same table

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-same-table.html

October 6, 2018

Christ calls to us

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/christ-calls-to-us.html

October 7, 2018

World Communion Sunday

Second service in series

“The Table Invitation”

bulletin cover photo

“The table is set and you’re invited”

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905/1600093726763643/

Week 2

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Psalm 8

https://youtu.be/hUsTib1xUp8

Romans 12:9-21

and sermon: “The Unworthy Worthy…”

video

https://youtu.be/uMN-UB8WWpw

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/1936953509942382/

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1049074289243246592

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1048980149352448000

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1602085443231138&id=174161846023512

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/world-communion-sunday-sermon-unjworthy.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1049266487956049920

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

8AM Live

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Children’s Message

https://youtu.be/a6Nv8FaKK90

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/732469710441268/

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/10718-childrens-message-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1049072913935224833

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1048975715679522819

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

www.stetsonmemorialumc.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9t8phsy6bU9ZaKspHOnsg

Patten, ME

October 7, 2018

&

October 8, 2018

an image of the Kingdom

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-image-of-kingdom.html

October 8, 2018

renew us, Lord

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/renew-us-lord.html

10/7/18

“Renew!”

The Reverend Doctor Douglas Ruffle

https://www.dougruffle.com/

https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/new-church-starts/staff

Associate Executive Director

New Path Starts (Path 1)

Discipleship Ministries

The United Methodist Church

Northern Maine District Resource Day

for Aroostook Cluster

&

edited October 6, 2018

I am evil but invited – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-am-evil-but-invited-v3.html

edited October 6, 2018

I am evil but invited – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-am-evil-but-invited-v2.html

October 6, 2018

I am evil but invited

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-am-evil-but-invited.html

edited October 6, 2018

An invitation to all – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-invitation-to-all-v2.html

October 6, 2018

the smell on my hands

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-smell-on-my-hands.html

October 6, 2018

the taste of the vine

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-taste-of-vine.html

edited October 6, 2018

as we receive the bread – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/as-we-receive-bread-v2.html

October 6, 2018

as we receive the bread

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/as-we-receive-bread.html

edited October 6, 2018

we are called - 3 – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-called-3-v3.html  

October 5, 2018

we are fed at the table

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-fed-at-table.html

edited October 5, 2018

we are called – 3 – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-called-3-v2.html

edited October 4, 2018

flawed and broken – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/flawed-and-broken-v3.html

edited October 4, 2018

flawed and broken – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/flawed-and-broken-v2.html

October 3, 2018

flawed and broken

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/flawed-and-broken.html

edited October 3, 2018

none of us is perfect - 2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/none-of-us-is-perfect-2.html

edited October 3, 2018

we all come with baggage

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-all-come-with-baggage.html

October 3, 2018

we come with baggage

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-come-with-baggage.html

October 3, 2018

come to be fed

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/come-to-be-fed.html

October 2, 2018

we come to the table

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-come-to-table.html

edited October 2, 2018

the invitation – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-invitation-v3.html

adding third stanza

edited October 2, 2018

the invitation – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-invitation-v2.html

adding second stanza

October 1, 2018

the invitation

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-invitation.html

October 1, 2018

all of us in communion

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/all-of-us-in-communion.html

October 1, 2018

fed in the spirit

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/fed-in-spirit.html

October 1, 2018

nourished

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/nourished.html

October 1, 2018

we are called - 3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-called-3.html

October 1, 2018

we are invited

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-invited.html

October 1, 2018

we are invited to the table

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-are-invited-to-table.html

October 1, 2018

as we gather around the table

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/as-we-gather-around-table.html

September 30, 2018

a foretaste of heaven

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-foretaste-of-heaven.html

video note taking while on a walk up Finch Hill

so I wouldn’t forget it tonight

https://www.facebook.com/272274348550/videos/2001760599862982/

September 30, 2018

a rehearsal dinner

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-rehearsal-dinner.html

September 30, 2018

at the head of the table

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/at-head-of-table.html

September 30, 2018

the gift we receive

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-gift-we-receive.html

September 29, 2018

An invitation to all

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/an-invitation-to-all.html

September 30, 2018

First service in series

“The Table Invitation”

bulletin cover photo

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905/1592327214206961/

Week 1

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Psalm 124

https://youtu.be/SdK6MHUvl7s

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/93018-psalm-124-read-by-chrissy.html

Revelations 19:1-10

and sermon: “This Is Your Invitation…”

video

https://youtu.be/tb-tZNrRWv4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/93018-sermon-this-is-your-invitation-by.html

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/568339853597669/

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1046461547072163845

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1046453452308664325

text

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1599995026773513&id=174161846023512

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/sermon-this-is-your-invitation-by.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1048604237985447936

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

8AM Live

https://8amlive.wordpress.com/

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Children’s Message

https://youtu.be/jlm-dic64ZI

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/93018-childrens-message-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/602497510165722/

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1046460145746825216

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1046445534792290304

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

www.stetsonmemorialumc.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9t8phsy6bU9ZaKspHOnsg

Patten, ME

September 30, 2018

&

edited September 19, 2018

communion – 2 – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/communion-2-v3.html

edited September 18, 2018

communion – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/communion-2-v2.html

edited partially on 9/15/18 adding final stanza

September 18, 2018

communion - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/09/communion-2.html

written 9/15/18

in anticipation of upcoming series on communion

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Reds – v4

Rich, vibrant, real living color

Dying on each branch

In glory, in triumph, as I drive by;

A canopy over my way

Or buttresses along the living border

Of the road I traverse,

Each day, in this season.

A deepness of color, a richness,

Saturated, tickling synapses

Charming my eyes, beguiling my vision;

Oranges, yellows, and reds, so many reds:

Candy apple, empire, Merlot, barn and fire engine reds

Fighting for their share, their due

On the canvas, the tableau before me.

Branch after branch, tree after tree, mile on mile,

On the ground, the road, against a vibrant sky

In clouds and whirls, brushstrokes,

Filling my vision, a wonder;

Sun, sky, clouds frame the mood

Backdrop and highlight

Juxtaposed light and shadow.

Fall clouds, showers and rainbow,

Over the freshly harvested corn field,

Ground turned over, rolling hills beyond -

A curtain call of October

For the failing blood, the revealing,

The fleeting chlorophyll

Gone for another season, another cycle.

Neither etched nor burned into memory

But part of the collective, the emotion,

The knowing - Autumn near and at home;

Warm and enduring again,

In the image, the retelling

Comfort food for other senses.

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edited October 20, 2018

Reds – v4

edited September 30, 2017

Reds – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/reds-v3.html

edited January 8, 2016

Reds – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/reds-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written October 17, 2001 15:30 to 15:40

Reds

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/reds.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,860 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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