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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Tempted

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The final verse of the reading the lesson for the Hebrews Jesus was tempted Other tellings of the same lesson say he was tested An interesti...

Tested

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His life a test more than our own it would seem tested as a human in our bodily form but faithful where we are not living the law and the pr...

A Sacrifice

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Unlike Isaac, given, offered up by the father alone He was a sacrifice anointed by the Father; but given too by his active choice acc...

His Humanity

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For he was human, just as he was God His humanity the very point the means of our saving was his humanness, his testing his choices to be fa...

A Royal Priest

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He was king, God, human, sacrifice; but he was a royal priest too, able to do what no other could do offer a worthy sacrifice, a real unblem...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

A PJ Day

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Unlike yesterday, Christmas Day a more leisurely start, middle, and end of the day, at least so far Awake more slowly, two hours later Drawi...

Every Jot

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By every jot, every tittle every little bit of the word so was the telling of His story the beginning of the Good News a set of proofs refer...

Saved by a Dream

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As with his coming, by a dream foretold so was his saving from the fear of the king by a dream he was saved from the scythe that set Rachel ...

Being John

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To be the hands, the feet the living presence of Jesus here in this time and place We must all, in the first instance, we must be John, the ...

The Fear of the King – v2

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Fear of the infant, the boy laying in the manger bed the king humbly born feared by the king for the foretelling, the fulfillment of the pro...

The Fear of the King – v1

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Genocide, infanticide a people, cut down losing innocence, innocent lives because of the fear of the king the ruler’s fears the cause of mas...

Rachel’s Tears

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Cries for the lost children the children of Israel, of Rachel tears of the mothers of the land the covenant parents crying for their dead th...

After the Presents

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On the drive East on the way to Gramma’s house presents unwrapped toys discovered Dressed in their Christmas dresses new winter coats, clean...

In their Winter Coats

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Warm in their new winter coats in the backseat on the way to Gramma’s three angels dreaming Christmas carols on the radio still in their dre...

Dancer - by Erica Berberena

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I am like a dancer dancing gracefully on the stage with no fear from The crowd. 3/15/07 10:15AM

GAZELLE - by Erica Berberena

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I am like a Gazelle Jumping gracefully Fro...

Story - by Erica Berberena

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I am a story Waiting to be written And read by many People. 3/15/07 10:20AM

Rose - by Erica Berberena

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I am a rose With a beautiful red color Waiting to be picked For a beautiful bouquet. 3/15/07 10:25AM

Artist - by Erica Berberena

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I am like an artist Making a beautiful Picture of a Lovely sun set. 3/15/07 10:20 A.M

The Wise Men were Women

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Lady Wisdom came in threes at the edge of the chancel in our church’s pageant this year this Christmas Eve A change of fortune a reversal of...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

In Praise of Bit Players

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The pastor spoke of bit players of the people in the story, the word of God with small, sometimes unnamed parts We too, in the congregati...

A Running Angel

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A burst of familiar motion racing down from the chancel to my pew A very serious angel needing to go out of the sanctuary, urgently a race i...

A Balloon for Jesus

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Three days after her birthday Shanequa held two balloons each one decorated in bright colors festooned with “Happy Birthday” one for the bab...

Jesus Imagined

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Jesus on the cross, in the manger, on the mountain healing, praying, walking on water coming out of the Jordan at baptism bleeding from the ...

After the Chaos

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After the chaos, the blizzard of wrapping, boxes, bows toys and games and clothes being torn from their slumber the smiles and shrieks of jo...
Monday, December 24, 2007

Born to Fulfill

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Over and over again, He is seen as fulfilling the law and the prophets, the Word made flesh in Him born to fulfill the promise the love of G...

A Memory Tree

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Each item, each ornament, each bauble, bangle, a memory a special moment in our lives remembered each year in the decorating the dressing of...

Born to Die

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If he was to fulfill, to bear out, to live the prophesies of old, of Jeremiah, of Isaiah, of the other prophets the ancient texts, the hope ...

Fulfilling the Prophesies

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John and the Christ cousins, special boys marked before their births to fulfill the prophesies the prophesies of old, long waiting of the pe...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

Instruments of God

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In their obedience, in their submitting their will to the will of God they became instruments of God father and mother to the king the Chris...

Because He Obeyed

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Because he obeyed a child was born, with a name a name above all names, Jesus, Christ, Emmanuel Fulfilling the scriptures, the prophesies, b...

A Bit Player

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He was but a bit player, or so the story has been told a simple, pious man, Father of God, in the world, in the flesh. Devoted to his safety...

Vessels of God

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They were each vessels of God human means for the will of God agents for all time of the work the mission, the destiny of the creator, the s...

Finding Our Niche

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What would be said, if we were to close; who would know, who would care? What is our niche, our cause, our calling? So has been part of our ...

Opening Devotion - Wesley United Methodist Church, Church Conference, December 23, 2007

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The Lord's Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. G...

Up between the Dormers

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High up the brick old mill building up above the brick, the granite, between the clapboard window dormers hanging on the slate roof shingles...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

In a Dream Foretold

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It was in a dream foretold the miracle of the birth of the baby boy, the king born humbly, in suspicious ways, assurance in a dream, covenan...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Born to Save

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His very name, the name chosen by angels given by the father, the branch of Jesse given to the son, conceived by spirit, born of the virgin,...

An Earthly Father

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He was the earthly father, the adoptive dad, of the son of another, the one who claimed him as his own, named him, for the saving he would d...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Epiphany – Acrostic

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Emmanuel was the goal, the end of their journey Pursuing the baby’s star, seen from its rising In Bethlehem, in Judah they went to find hi...