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Saturday, July 26, 2008

That Haunting Call

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The black heads, the white in the wings that haunting call, the loons echoing down the lake a Doppler chorus, wondrous game Marco Polo That ...

Watching the Sky

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on the water, the boat watching the shore, the water, birds, the loons, the horizon watching the sky, clouds shadows on the forest below gro...

Listening in the Silence

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I sat apart, in the back of the sanctuary no roof our walls were around me nature all around Listening in the silence drinking in the stilln...

A Smell of Mothballs

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Behind the cabin, age and mothballs a smell I will not forget of a cabin, a retreat, of another time no living proof, no visible thing but p...

Sharing Berries

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One for me one for her (handfuls that is) wild blueberries, picking from the bushes high above my eyes, down by my knees sharing berries wit...

In the chapel

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sitting alone, in the back of the sanctuary pines the rafters, blue sky the ceiling more beautiful than the Sistine Chapel the chapel on the...

On the Water

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The spray of the water splashing in the air crossing the wake, the wave other boats on the water Sitting in the sun, open air remembering so...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Heavenly Perspective

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The words, these holy, hope-filled words so hard to internalize, to really fathom a heavenly perspective on human life letting go of all, no...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Tell Me Your Story

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Beyond the legal jargon, the him versus her, the pleadings, the causes, the arguments there is the story, the reality of their lives ups and...

Drinking from the Deep Well

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Drinking from the deep well the living water of your story words of scripture, the story of God how he loves us eternally, before there was,...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Being Fed

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Falling into your word, the living waters of scripture being fed with the law, the precepts, the stories of your people, straying but you ar...

Out in our Garden

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Smell of rich soil, wet from the drenching rains, weeds yield to my gentle tug beds of shimmering color, the droplets refracting, reflec...

Weeding in our Garden

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Finding the tares, the weeds the grasses, the ragweed, milkweed and plantain, growing, thriving in the lilies, the beds, the wild mustard pl...

Holy Failures

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Over and over in the holy word, holy failures, people failing in human eyes, became leaders, prophets, kings, saving, guiding, bringing peop...

Our Journey Together

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a new moment in our lives, together we are centered, waiting, listening for the will of God, the still small voice speaking from the silence...

A Shared Journey

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They each evoked, spoke of, shared a sense of a shared journey, we all are on together finding our way anew, with one another discerning, li...

Bitter Water made Sweet

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With a tree, a branch, some wood cast, at the command of God, bitter water made sweet, complaints silenced Heavenly provision (and that was ...

Bitter Waters

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A restless people, days into their wilderness journey already finding fault, bickering, forgetting their saving bitter waters, in their dese...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Grace is a Gift

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Grace is a gift, a gift of God; not earned, never earned; a gift offered to all, not a word, an experience, something lived proof in the...

Grace is Given

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Grace is given, by the savior, the creator, by faith alone, a free gift, no payment, never earned a wondrous gift for all, all willing to ...

Ben was mistaken

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In a land of thinkers, of revolutionaries breaking free of an empire, needing their wits their guile, to hide behind trees, rocks, rather...
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Grace through Us

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Grace is an experience imparted through us, recognized all around, in the sunset, in a loving touch, in the rain, the flowers blooming, ...

Grace is for Others

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Through faith is grace given; but not as an end, a thing given for us Grace is for others, we merely agents, vessels, pouring out God’s l...

If Murphy was right

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Oh if Murphy had been right, the story would have ended oh so differently He was right, the world was right on Good Friday, the doubters...

But Murphy was Wrong

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I am happy to report, that Murphy was Wrong and Easter came, the prophets all fulfilled, Jesus, the son of God rose from the grave and ...

The Shining City – v3

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I saw a glimpse today of that shining city on the hill, a city with the streets of gold high on the horizon on the mountainside sun a fl...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

Walk This Way - Sermon by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, Suncook United Methodist Church, July 13, 2008

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This week I have been thinking a lot about the sermon Huntley gave us last week. He talked about the transition of the Gospel from Jesus to ...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Sermons - Suncook United Methodist Church

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Suncook United Methodist Church sermons can be found at Sermons . The one by Rev. Huntley Halvorson for July 6, 2008 is there now. by Pa...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

Christ’s Yoke

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My yoke, not the Father’s his yoke, is light, easy paired with our savior, the one who took on our sin the punishment, the sacrifice Walking...
Saturday, July 05, 2008

July 4, 2008 - #Poems - at Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH #RonaldReagan #Flag #Independence #July4th #America #UnitedStates #pride

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The following poems were shared at Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH, as part of the 4th of July celebration: ------- SET ONE ...

Watermelon Taffy

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The cooling fading sunset Ribbons of pink, wisps, swirls, pulled threads of taffy darkening color like watermelon taffy changing to ros...

A New Nation

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As was remembered, four score and seven years later our nation, a new nation was brought forward; but not by war, willed created by the w...

Words of Mettle

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I paused today to read, once again, those words of mettle, of resolve, of hope, of our faith Those words, part of the thread the dream,...

On the Fourth

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On the Fourth and all year long we must never forget the words on that parchment so long ago Our prayer of that day still true here and now ...

July 4th - at Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH

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Annually, our church opens its lawn to the community, offering music, pie and ice cream, and one of the best views of Concord's firework...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Our Prayers Answered

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One of our own, one of us, a member with us our prayers, long repeated oft remembered, our prayers answered He was safe, out of harm’s way b...

David – Haiku – 3

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Anoint him with oil The boy shepherd of Jesse He shall be king July 2, 2008 1 Samuel 16:6-13, 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and Upper Room devotional for...

A Shepherd Boy

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The boy in the field, left to tend the sheep the youngest, least, last, alone on the mountainside He will be the king of the people of the...

Fill Your Horn

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Rise, oh Prophet rise up and fill your horn Your God needs you Fill your horn with oil a new king to anoint; from Jesse’s tree a royal line ...

From that Day Forward

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The spirit of God resting mightily upon him all of his life to come Anointed by the prophet’s oil Chosen by God by name David, the youn...

This is the One

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The Lord chose him, the last, the youngest “This is the one”, anoint him king ruler of the covenant people patriarch of a royal line the spi...

The Youngest

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The last shall be first the littlest, the youngest of him I will make a king My people shall be ruled by the little shepherd boy He who kill...

A Horn of Oil

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Take up your horn fill it with oil we have a new king to crown I will tell you who it will be Get up Samuel, go to Bethlehem one of Jesse’s ...

Unlikely Voices

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A stutterer, an adulterer, former enemies, unclean people a timid man, a youngest son a haggard man, standing in a river Roman centurions, s...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Through the Waters

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Through the raging waters, the whirlwind, the desert, the wilderness places He has led us through all of these all of the trials, the challe...

National summit on torture - September 11-12, 2008

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Received via email today, 7/1/08 To Supporters of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture Dear Friends: On September 11-12, 2008, Ev...

In Our Past Our Future

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As he has in the past God walking by our side so we hope for our future Safe in that knowledge looking back through our lives those of our f...

Even the Whirlwind

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You, oh God vanquished the waters, the whirlwind, the chaos, the waters trying to drown me Through the waters I have walked coming to shore,...

Holding His Love

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The potter molding us vessels for his message his love imprinted on us marking us as his own as he shapes us, from the earth Becoming someth...

Marked by the Potter

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We are the clay the cold, the wet lump on the potter’s wheel Marked by the potter his hands molding us his fingerprints, palms leaving...

Shaped by Your Love

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Molded, sculpted, changed shaped by your love by your loving touch turning on the potter’s wheel clay transformed serving others, an earthen...

A Lump of Clay

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Each of us, a lump of clay sitting on the potter’s wheel turning, throughout life feeling the potter’s touch we move under his fingers ...

Ever Pliable Clay

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Never too late, throughout our lives ever pliable, wet clay never dry, fired, finished always able to be reformed reshaped, transformed by t...

Something Beautiful

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From the inert, cold wet clay of our lives something beautiful can rise formed by loving hands the creator, the potter working the wheel, th...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Those Staying

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In the moments of pastoral change there are those leaving and those staying Both are changed in the times shared and in the parting Easy to ...

Unplanned Changes

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Changes in our paths, our walk with God unplanned, beyond our comprehension in time we may know, why they came into our lives at this time a...

Other Fields

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Other fields, other ground to till, to tend, to watch, to shepherd other flocks offering welcome, hope, a vision of God’s love in other time...

Changes

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We work, we plan scripting the days of our lives changes, unplanned, beyond our control These are gifts of God; growth leading us to oth...
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Welcoming

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Out into the world welcoming all, sharing love the cup of friendship water for the thirsty a kind word, a welcoming smile prayers for those ...
Saturday, June 28, 2008

email of 6/27/08 of the NRCAT - Is it Legal to Bury Someone Alive?

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Dear Friends: In testimony before a House Judiciary subcommittee yesterday, John Yoo, a former top Justice Department official and author ...
Friday, June 27, 2008

Shanequa's Butterfly

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A Tree on the Hill

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

ENDORSE A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR A PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING TORTURE

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TORTURE IS A MORAL ISSUE ENDORSE A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR A PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING TORTURE Dear NRCAT Supporters: NRCA...