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Saturday, September 12, 2009

A Break in the clouds

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In the driveway this morning gray clouds, lowering sky a break in the clouds bright light, a shimmering dove hanging there, only momentarily...

Dying for Us – haiku - 1

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Dying for us all while we still lived in sin hoping we would change September 12, 2009 Romans 6:1-11

Faith to Save – haiku – 1

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Believing in us care for our eternal lives We accept His love September 12, 2009 Romans 6:1-11

Grace – haiku – 1

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Christ proved his love Dying while we yet sinned Saving us by grace September 12, 2009 Romans 6:1-11

Scripture – haiku – 7

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Written Word of God given to us, to live by to eternal life September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily devotions for ...

Scripture – haiku – 2

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Like men and our maps sitting in glove compartment bible works when used September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily d...

Scripture – haiku – 3

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Timeless words of grace written down for the ages a way of life told September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily devot...

Scripture – haiku – 4

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The story of God man fallen but given grace redeemed by Christ September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily devotions f...

Scripture – haiku – 3 – v2

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Timeless words of grace written down for the ages a way to life shown September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily devo...

Scripture – haiku – 5

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One story for us told, retold in many ways repeated in love September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily devotions for ...

Scripture – haiku – 1 – v2

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God’s word revealed creator’s guidance for life made whole by his grace September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily de...

Scripture – haiku – 6

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Drink His holy word God’s love revealed, made real Alive in our hearts September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily dev...

Scripture – haiku - 1

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God’s word revealed given to us long ago instructions for life September 12, 2009 book, “Walking with Christ Everyday: 365 daily devotions f...
Friday, September 11, 2009

A Change in Circumstances

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When the same reality the drip drip drip the slow water torture unresolved, unchanging when the same constitutes a change in circumstan...

Sermon - "When I Was In Need, You Helped Me”, by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, September 6, 2009, Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH

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The Lord be with you, And also with you, Let us pray… Loving, Compassionate, Creator God, you who speak to your children through the Spirit ...

Eyes of God - Twitter version

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Loving eyes of God seeing each of us beloved child every single one alike in God’s eyes all equal, worthy of love grace of God September 11,...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Eyes of God

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Loving eyes of God seeing each of us a beloved child part of the family all of us, every single one alike in God’s eyes all equal, worthy of...

Those Like Us

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We look in the mirror in the face of our neighbor for similarities, kinship noting differences that which sets us apart forgetting all that ...

In This Wilderness

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In this country this time and place being Christ in this wilderness in his name we will act Our hands, our feet our voices raised to share h...

All Like Us

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We need the words the scripture to remind us Whatever our differences the things that divide us All like us in the eyes of God far more that...

Unworthy Children

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Squabbling in the sandbox fighting as adults all of us sinners each one the same unworthy children for the treasures of heaven The stain was...

All Sinners

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In the eyes of God none of us righteous all of us sinners failing under the law Yet all of us children sons and daughters of God all of us w...

Accept Each Other

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We are called out of the sacrifice of Christ the grace of the creator to accept each other to love one another seeing our neighbors as our b...

No One Better

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Funny, how we differentiate find reasons to categorize so human, so real Not as God sees through the eyes of God we are all the same no one ...

Beloved Children of God

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Seen through the eyes of God through the mind of the creator all of us, each one of us beloved children of God none better, none less worthy...

Seeing Our Brothers, Our Sisters

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With new eyes, eyes of faith with the eyes of God we are able, given sight seeing our brothers, our sisters in the faces of strangers, in ou...

Seeing Our Family

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Seeing our family in our neighbors in all of God’s children sons and daughters of the King each one of us, all of us the same no differences...

Seeing the Children

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With the eyes of God seeing the world seeing the children the sons and daughters the children of the King not with the eyes of the world foc...

Through the eyes of God

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As faithful disciples, as people of faith, a Christian community called, charged to see others, not with society’s eyes With the eyes of God...

Through Loving Eyes

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The world new, different seen through loving eyes through the eyes of God seeing God’s face in our neighbors looking deeper, within one anot...

Worship, after a meal together

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Expanding our worship, our definition ways to share the word of God to reach out to our community worship, after a meal together something r...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Two messages

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Two messages in the words of James equally hard, difficult to live out; but at the heart of our faith that we are not to judge, sinners as w...

Faith in words alone

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Outrageous nonsense, dead so do the translations resound faith without works a nullity, a lie we are to act out our faith live the love Chri...

A Leader in the Temple

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With power, to a specific audience a lesson for the elite spoken with authority a stern lesson from a leader in the Temple All to be equal b...

To the Jews

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He was a leader the brother of Christ a stern message for the faithful, to the Jews in the Temple Treating all the faithful equal in God’s s...

A reminder in the message

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A reminder in the message in hearing our differences but the similarities the painful truth too that each religion each of us in our history...

Prevailing in our Lives

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When we accept when we turn our lives over the spirit, God’s will prevailing, in the walk of our days Comfort to all an open hand to our bro...

Calling the Spirit

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Calling the spirit given by Christ to speak to your children a word for our hearts Loving us with your message the truth, the love, the fire...

As a Christian

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As a Christian someone worthy of the name words matched by my deeds offering a hand to anyone in need Using my skills, my gifts from above h...

Drenched with the Words

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Urgent, important words living waters, pouring out of me words that are waiting, ready to flow washing over me, drenched with the words urge...

An Open Hand

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The image before me an open hand the active response to the words of James The challenge to our ways to the measuring of our days by how we ...

Authentic Faith

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works and deeds to match the words of our faith conforming, conformed to the stirrings of our hearts giving to all, our hands to their needs...

How Real is My Faith

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A hard question, in the words of the epistle the brother of Christ speaking to the elite in the temple how do we treat others how do I show ...

How Real is Our Faith

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As a people, as a congregation as a people of faith claiming the name Christian followers of Christ Offering ourselves to all of our neighbo...

The Reality of Our Faith

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In the words of the scripture a challenge to our assumptions our comfort, our habits All equal, no preference given the rich, the poor those...

Sharing Bread

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In the story of our church working in the same manner sharing bread with each other at the altar rail sharing bread with our neighbors at a ...

Even crumbs are enough

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partake in the meal food for the soul even crumbs enough a miracle to behold hearing the spirit a turning of the path the dogs at your...

The Crumbs of Our Faith

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even the crumbs the crumbs of our faith power to heal to change lives the little bit we can comprehend that portion we understand mors...

A Feather Blown

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A feather blown fleetingly on my screen caught in the netting quickly released with the changing of the breeze flying up into the blue sky d...

Christ’s Healing

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Aware of his power the man called on the Lord asking for healing for Christ to so choose Healing coming in the choice of Christ, to love to ...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The Potter’s Wheel

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the dance begun the potter and the clay spinning of the potter’s wheel moving together, the clay giving to the touch the guiding of the lovi...

Pulling Up the Clay

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From the ground the soil, lifeless pulling up the clay adding water, the potter’s touch the wheel turning guiding the clay, pulling up the c...

The Dance of the Clay

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the potter moving, his hands, body drawing the clay pulling the clay from the inert earth life in the dance the twirling, spinning upw...

laying our gifts upon your altar

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each day, far more than Sunday alone laying our gifts upon your altar tangible gifts of money, of treasure of time; of fidelity too, our liv...

It isn’t much

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Walking down the aisle a fill-in usher this morning this Sunday in church a visitor, asking for prayers a widow, living out the scripture of...

received via email 9/5/09; author unknown -- "How to Dance in the Rain"

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It was a busy morning, about 8:30 AM, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his th...

received via email 9/5/09; author unknown -- "The Old Man"

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The Old Man As I came out of the supermarket that sunny day, pushing my cart of groceries towards my car, I saw an old man with the hood of ...
Sunday, September 06, 2009

The First Citizens

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From the temple mount writing of the first citizens claimed by Christ the outcasts, the unclean, those in prison the bottom of the rung An a...
Friday, September 04, 2009

Simple Rest

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What we seek, peace, simple rest only the shepherd can provide rest from our worries, our troubles the cares of the day Turn them over to th...

The Mansions in the Fields

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The fields of heaven those green pastures, still waters mansions in the fields our home, our place of rest through the journey the valleys, ...

Into this Story

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We are called, our lives revealed our days written in this story in this journey of faith leading home Into this story we see ourselves ...

Our Eyes Opened

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Like the unnamed disciple like them on the Emmaus road leaving the sanctuary the safe place of community going home, to follow our faith...

Only One is Named

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Only one of them on that dusty Emmaus road given a name, identity we are able, led, to put ourselves into the story joining Cleopas, t...

We are There

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We are there, walking with Christ with Cleopas unnamed disciples walking our path our journey to Emmaus to that moment of awareness see...

Sermon - "The Good Shepherd", by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, Suncook United Methodist Church, August 30, 2009

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Psalm 23 “The Good Shepherd” The Lord be with you, And also with you, Let us pray: Almighty, Loving God, you who love your children a...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

Into the Pasture

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Not staying in the valley the words of the prayer, the psalm walking through the shadow death not the end through that dark valley into the ...

Feel the calm, still waters

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Within the beating of our hearts the words of the psalm so long ago a prayer for our times for the muddiness of society of our modern age Fe...

restoreth my soul

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Like Mary, the disciples sitting at the shepherd’s feet holy rest, healing In his words, life, living water food of the spirit restoring our...

Beside Us, Ever

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Provision from the Lord our daily bread our every need helping us, beside us, ever wherever we go in the desert, in the green valley on our ...

By the Waters

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Rest, given by the shepherd under his protection into that green pasture by the waters, living waters clear, pure, calling our spirits Peace...

Though He was a King

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David and Christ though he was a king the shepherd a sheep under the shepherd’s gaze mindful of the good shepherd risking, giving all for th...