Poetry Where You Live

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Transfiguration Sunday

Valentine’s Day

hymn of praise

“My Redeemer Lives”

hymn of praise

“I Saw the Light”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643145329125159

Offering

“Just Let Me Say How Much I Love You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643242092448816

Children's Message

mystery box

- a pair of Sunglasses

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643244629115229

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/p.643290182444007/643290182444007/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643246509115041

“God’s Whisper” blog

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Galatians 5:13-26

John 13:33-34

Matthew 18:

sermon “Love, Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”

by Ray Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

February 15, 2015

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 37,690+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

A Hug from Her Father – v2

A hug from her father

when she had crossed over,

the words, “I Love You”,

dripping from his lips;

this is my prayer

for you, in your passing,

that you would receive the love

you longed for in this life.

====

edited February 22, 2015

A Hug from Her Father – v2

February 16, 2015

A Hug from Her Father

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-hug-from-her-father.html

Chapter 15, “A Festival of Friends”

The Shack, by William P. Young

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643131419126550

Transfiguration Sunday

Valentine’s Day

hymn of praise

“My Redeemer Lives”

hymn of praise

“I Saw the Light”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643145329125159

Offering

“Just Let Me Say How Much I Love You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643242092448816

Children's Message

mystery box

- a pair of Sunglasses

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643244629115229

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/p.643290182444007/643290182444007/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643246509115041

“God’s Whisper” blog

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Galatians 5:13-26

John 13:33-34

Matthew 18:

sermon “Love, Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”

by Ray Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

February 15, 2015

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 36,030+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

All she ever wanted – v2

peeling back the layers

the hurt, the scar tissue

all she ever wanted

was a hug from her father

in this life, this journey,

while here on the earth;

the love he held from her

the burden she carried

the hate she could not let go of

in this walk, in this life.

all she ever wanted

what she truly longed for

a hug from her father

when she had crossed over,

the words, “I Love You”,

dripping from his lips;

so is my prayer, my wish

for you, in your passing,

that you would get the praise

you longed for in this life.

====

edited February 22, 2015

All she ever wanted – v2

edited/expanded February 16, 2015

All she ever wanted

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/all-she-ever-wanted.html

February 16, 2015

A Hug from Her Father

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-hug-from-her-father.html

Chapter 15, “A Festival of Friends”

The Shack, by William P. Young

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643131419126550

Transfiguration Sunday

Valentine’s Day

hymn of praise

“My Redeemer Lives”

hymn of praise

“I Saw the Light”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643145329125159

Offering

“Just Let Me Say How Much I Love You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643242092448816

Children's Message

mystery box

- a pair of Sunglasses

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643244629115229

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/p.643290182444007/643290182444007/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643246509115041

“God’s Whisper” blog

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Galatians 5:13-26

John 13:33-34

Matthew 18:

sermon “Love, Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”

by Ray Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

February 15, 2015

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 36,030+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Monday, February 16, 2015

All she ever wanted

all she ever wanted

was a hug from her father

in this life, this journey

while here on the earth

the love he held from her

the burden she carried

the hate she could not let go of

in this walk, this life

a hug from her father

when she had crossed over,

the words, “I Love You”,

dripping from his lips;

so is my prayer, my wish

for you, in your passing,

that you would get the praise

you longed for in this life.

====

edited/expanded February 16, 2015

All she ever wanted

February 16, 2015

A Hug from Her Father

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-hug-from-her-father.html

Chapter 15, “A Festival of Friends”

The Shack, by William P. Young

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643131419126550

Transfiguration Sunday

Valentine’s Day

hymn of praise

“My Redeemer Lives”

hymn of praise

“I Saw the Light”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643145329125159

Offering

“Just Let Me Say How Much I Love You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643242092448816

Children's Message

mystery box

- a pair of Sunglasses

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643244629115229

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/p.643290182444007/643290182444007/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643246509115041

“God’s Whisper” blog

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Galatians 5:13-26

John 13:33-34

Matthew 18:

sermon “Love, Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”

by Ray Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

February 15, 2015

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,930+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A Hug from Her Father

A hug from her father

when she had crossed over,

the words, “I Love You”,

dripping from his lips;

so is my prayer

for you, in your passing,

that you would get the praise

you longed for in this life.

====

February 16, 2015

A Hug from Her Father

Chapter 15, “A Festival of Friends”

The Shack, by William P. Young

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643131419126550

Transfiguration Sunday

Valentine’s Day

hymn of praise

“My Redeemer Lives”

hymn of praise

“I Saw the Light”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643145329125159

Offering

“Just Let Me Say How Much I Love You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643242092448816

Children's Message

mystery box

- a pair of Sunglasses

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643244629115229

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/p.643290182444007/643290182444007/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643246509115041

“God’s Whisper” blog

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Galatians 5:13-26

John 13:33-34

Matthew 18:

sermon “Love, Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”

by Ray Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

February 15, 2015

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,930+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

forgiving the dead

forgiving the dead

those who cannot make amends

in this life, on the earth,

giving up our anger, our hurt,

giving them to the wind, to God

forgiving the dead

those who have passed

those who walked the earth

those whose paths intersected our own

giving them all to God.

====

February 16, 2015

forgiving the dead

Transfiguration Sunday

Valentine’s Day

hymn of praise

“My Redeemer Lives”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643131419126550

hymn of praise

“I Saw the Light”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643145329125159

Offering

“Just Let Me Say How Much I Love You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643242092448816

Children's Message

mystery box

- a pair of Sunglasses

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643244629115229

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/p.643290182444007/643290182444007/

by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=643246509115041

“God’s Whisper” blog

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Galatians 5:13-26

John 13:33-34

Matthew 18:

sermon “Love, Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”

by Ray Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

February 15, 2015

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 35,930+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Monday, October 27, 2014

the amber light of sunset – v2

the amber light of sunset

falling on the steeple

the brick alive in the dying

of the autumnal light

too soon there will be winter

where so recently summer

but in the in between

we feel God’s sense of wonder

beauty in the dying, the fading

of the light, the tranquil image

our hope within these walls

our prayer for lasting peace

we long in the dying

another day soon dawning

held within the Creator’s hands

the Potter at the wheel

we pray for reconciliation

as we pray for justice

for comity to reign

for Your will to be done

===

edited October 26, 2014

the amber light of sunset – v2

October 26, 2014

the amber light of sunset

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-amber-light-of-sunset.html

“evening light”

photograph of sunset on steeple

at General Theological Seminary

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204681528936706&set=a.4782938689959.186347.1190481933

posted by Deirdre Good

https://www.facebook.com/deirdre.good

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 33,070+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

the amber light of sunset

the amber light of sunset

falling on the steeple

the brick alive in the dying

of the autumnal light

too soon there will be winter

where so recently summer

but in the in between

we feel God’s sense of wonder

beauty in the dying, the fading

of the light, the tranquil image

the hope within the walls

our prayer for lasting peace

===

edited October 26, 2014

the amber light of sunset – v2

October 26, 2014

the amber light of sunset

“evening light”

photograph of sunset on steeple

at General Theological Seminary

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204681528936706&set=a.4782938689959.186347.1190481933

posted by Deirdre Good

https://www.facebook.com/deirdre.good

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v4

Whether we know it or not or

admit it or not as fact,

Churches are places of healing

run by broken people

no better and no worse

than the rest of us individually

We pray you will listen

but we know there is distance

space between us

which we cannot change

pain you feel

which we regret.

If you used to come

to this church, this sanctuary

if you once felt belonging,

part of this family;

but you left because

of something someone said

or didn’t say or

something someone did

or didn’t do,

We apologize and

we ask you for forgiveness.

We pray you will hear us

a genuine apology for

the crack, the break, in the circle

for the missing pieces

we can’t change the past

but we want you with us.

Please come back;

we need you, with us

we didn’t mean to hurt you.

Our life together will be

richer with you here with us,

healed of our brokenness, schism.

We love you and we are sorry

if we hurt you in any way

with our words or our actions

or when we failed to act or speak.

We are all too human;

we make mistakes.

Whether we know it or not or

admit it or not as fact,

Churches are places of healing

run by broken people

no better and no worse

than the rest of us individually

------

edited October 8, 2014

edited June 3, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-churchs-plea-v3.html

edited May 30, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-churchs-plea-v2.html

May 2, 2014

The Church’s Plea

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-churchs-plea.html

2 Corinthians 4:1-16

2 Corinthians 4:15

“Jesus All the Time!”

devotion by Phil Robertson

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

for April 30, 2014

read April 30, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-churchs-plea-v2.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, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 37,500+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Tuesday, June 03, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v3

We pray you will listen

but we know there is distance

space between us

which we cannot change

pain you feel

which we regret.

If you used to come

to this church, this sanctuary

if you once felt belonging,

part of this family;

but you left because

of something someone said

or didn’t say or

something someone did

or didn’t do,

We apologize and

we ask you for forgiveness.

We pray you will hear us

a genuine apology for

the crack, the break, in the circle

for the missing pieces

we can’t change the past

but we want you with us.

Please come back;

we need you, with us

we didn’t mean to hurt you.

Our life together will be

richer with you here with us,

healed of our brokenness, schism.

We love you and we are sorry

if we hurt you in any way

with our words or our actions

or when we failed to act or speak.

We are all too human;

we make mistakes.

------

edited June 3, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v3

edited May 30, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v2

May 2, 2014

The Church’s Plea

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-churchs-plea.html

2 Corinthians 4:1-16

2 Corinthians 4:15

“Jesus All the Time!”

devotion by Phil Robertson

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

for April 30, 2014

read April 30, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-churchs-plea.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, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 30,780+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Friday, May 30, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v2

We pray you will listen

but we know there is distance

space between us

which we regret.

If you used to come

to this church, this sanctuary

if you once felt belonging,

part of this family;

but you left because

of something someone said

or didn’t say or

something someone did

or didn’t do,

We apologize and

we ask you for forgiveness.

We pray you will hear us

a genuine apology

we can’t change the past

but we want you with us.

Please come back;

we need you, with us

we didn’t mean to hurt you.

Our life together will be

richer with you here with us,

healed of our brokenness, schism.

We love you and we are sorry

if we hurt you in any way

with our words or our actions

or when we failed to act or speak.

We too are human; we make mistakes.

------

edited May 30, 2014

The Church’s Plea – v2

May 2, 2014

The Church’s Plea

2 Corinthians 4:1-16

2 Corinthians 4:15

“Jesus All the Time!”

devotion by Phil Robertson

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

for April 30, 2014

read April 30, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 30,780+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Friday, May 02, 2014

The Church’s Plea

If you used to come

to this church, this sanctuary

if you once felt belonging,

part of this family;

but you left because

of something someone said

or didn’t say or

something someone did

or didn’t do,

we apologize and

we ask you for forgiveness.

Please come back;

we need you, we

didn’t mean to hurt you.

Our life together will be

richer with you here with us,

healed of our brokenness, schism.

We love you and we are sorry

if we hurt you in any way

with our words or our actions

or when we failed to act or speak.

We too are human; we made mistakes.

------

May 2, 2014

2 Corinthians 4:1-16

2 Corinthians 4:15

“Jesus All the Time!”

devotion by Phil Robertson

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

for April 30, 2014

read April 30, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson