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Monday, January 25, 2010

God is my peace

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God grant me peace in the storms of my life in moments of quiet reflection in times of great change Help me to emulate you to be your servan...

God is my hope

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In God is my hope my trust in him alone my faith rooting in the love of God the father, spirit, son My sin too much to bear my destiny bleak...

God is my salvation

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Not by my works, not even when I try my best God is my salvation in him alone eternal rest The flood, the fire, the cross these we all have ...

God is my help that is ever present

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Praying to the Lord, bowing on my knees knowing that he answers my prayers God is my help that is ever present when I but turn to him He is ...

God is my joy

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Joy in the coming to know the spirit of the Lord walking with my savior on this lonely, dusty road Going into worship spending time with him...

God is my redeemer

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My savior, redeemer loving father, arms open wide ready when I turn ever by my side My life in your hands from the earth I have come returni...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

The Judgment of the Flood

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In the judgment of the flood the world washed anew man and animals swept away But the decision of God the covenant, rainbow Hope down to thi...

Your Covenant Alone

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Your covenant alone hope in the tragedy not ever to destroy the whole world never would the floods cover the earth the proof in the promise ...

Understanding the Reading

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Into the word diving, living waters revealed, understanding the reading the teaching in the ancient words how we each must live Spending tim...

Our Source of Strength

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The living word the scriptures we cherish joyful in reading in coming to know more Learning the ancient words the law, laid down from the mo...

Never Again

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The promise from the creator the open covenant of God never again to flood the earth nothing we have to do a promise from him alone Understa...

Making the Word Plain

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The lessons of scripture sometimes a bit confusing the teaching in community making the word plain The congregation, the small groups togeth...

Standing Up, Bowing Down

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Standing up for the reading of the word Bowing down to worship our God A lesson from the people back in the promised land After exile and sl...

Seeking His Rainbow

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Running from the house after each rainstorm the sun shining on a given summer day Seeking his rainbow the sign of the covenant not just chem...

I Shall Not Be Moved

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From this rock, this fortress from this assurance from my God I shall not be moved No matter what the troubles the challenges of this life k...

Like Those People

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All of us, every one like those people back then fallen from the grace of God sons and daughters of Adam and Eve Each of us unworthy all for...

But for Your Grace

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But for your grace your promise to Noah dead and gone washed away by a flood do would humanity be to this very day The sin of Adam, of our o...

Safe Within the Ark

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Even in the heart of the storm Noah and his family all who came with him safe within the ark Protected by God from the raging blast the rain...

Helping Them

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Our comfort our sustainer through all of our life our creator right by our side Helping us in our own time to help them in his name...

Helping Us

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Our refuge, our strength in times of strife of our struggles here on the earth The word of God what we hold close our creator, our savior, o...

Hope in the Word

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Even in tragedy so much to take in God our refuge, our strength our help in challenging times His word a place to feel safe going to the lov...

Upon Their Lives

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Faithful, like Noah so we are called following God’s plan for each one of us making a difference upon their lives Common people, living thei...

Calm within the Storm

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There was calm within the storm inside the ark the animals and people too given a chance to survive the flood by the loving hand of God In t...

For All Life

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All of his creation saved from the floodwaters on the waters, above the storm lifted up, floating above the deep atop the raging seas God, i...

Hope in this Condemnation

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In the pattern of worship the way of our church the liturgist, pastor saying the words “the word of God for the people of God” and the peopl...

Appointed for a Purpose

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We are all a calling from God to tell the whole world to set us free a holy plan for each of our lives appointed for a purpose each o...

In the Promise to Noah

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In the promise to Noah seeds of the coming the need for the Christ-child our sins to redeem The living water of his blood to again wash the ...

Sermon - "I Shall Not Be Moved”, by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, January 24, 2010, Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH

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Pastor Ruth Foss January 24, 2010 Suncook United Methodist Church Genesis 6:5-8, 11-13 NIV Bible Genesis 8:21b-22, 12-16 Message Bible ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

A Moment of Silence

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Our bodies still breathing slowing entering into true worship silent prayers to God A moment of silence not a sound audible the beating of m...

The Sacredness of Earth

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So much of our faith that which is eternal the dogma we believe without a certain creed Something inside something lasting believing in the ...

A Stillness of Body

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In speaking of the herd the behavior of elephants the coming together a moment of stillness not merely of their sounds that motion stopping ...

email of 1/19/2010 from General Board of Church and Society, The United Methodist Church

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Tell President Obama to Focus on Eradicating Poverty! Dear Friend, Next Wednesday, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union addre...

email of 1/23/2010 from General Board of Church and Society, The United Methodist Church

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Call your Members of Congress on Monday Jan. 25 Tell them ‘Don’t give up on health-care reform! Dear Friend, “For such a time as this …” Uni...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Being For Us

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To understand the distinction the wonder of Christmas the meaning of the coming the advent of Christ God for us, as a parent, not merely wit...

God is Within Us

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A kernel, a piece of the creator, walking with us God, the Spirit within us all of our lives Guiding our steps of path on this earth when we...

God’s Prayers

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If we could be in heaven in the courts of the master if we could sit quietly and turn to the prayers of our creator what would we hear ...

Out in the Desert

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The people, feeling alone despair out in the desert so, so far from home Wondering where they would turn to how they could survive in that p...

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Manna and Quail In our prayer the one taught by Christ the words of the Lord’s Prayer bringing our hope to life That we would be cared for t...

Praying for My Manna and Quail

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So much of God’s provision that which we truly need coming from an unplanned direction while we are praying for manna and quail Our needs me...

Email received 1/21/2010 - UMCatalyst News: Haiti Update Jan 21, 2010

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Remembering the Lives of Sam Dixon and Clint Rabb Sam Dixon and Clint Rabb, Christian ministers with The United Methodist Church's missi...

Christ Was Already There

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Even before the rumbles the shuttering of the ground before the tragedy of the quake all falling down Christ was already there working in th...

Email 1/21/2010 from the National Religious Campaign Against Torture

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Dear Friends: Please email Senator-elect Scott Brown and ask him to rethink his position on waterboarding and other forms of torture. On Tu...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

What Do We Do

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The question of the people living on the ground outside in the shaking world The question of the world seeing the devastation what do we do ...

Providing for Him

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Stopping along his way to care for the injured stranger Healing his immediate wounds Carrying him to the inn to give him a bed; But providin...

What Now

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The picture on the bulletin the devastation caught in miniature a handful of people standing before a bit of rubble deep The two figures in ...

The Purity of the Form – haiku

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words with precision simple five seven and five telling a story January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

In My Faith

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In my faith the seeds of hope my prayer to follow the callings of the Lord to answer the spirit speaking within me to go, to do as I am told...

Strangers by Choice

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Christ at the door of our hearts knocking that he may come in to enter and sit with us to be part of the family Strangers by choice so we ch...

Strangers No More

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Christ entering in when we answer the door allow him into our hearts Walking with us all of our days living as part of our family guiding ou...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Standing to Hear the Word

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The members of the people, the gathered congregation coming to hear the word standing before the Lord All day they listened the hope, the tr...

With Arms Raised Up

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The people, sharing in the joy With arms raised up hearing the word of God the ancient texts revealed Standing before the priest speaki...

Sharing Your Word

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In the company of believers rising before the congregation to speak words of power, of hope Sharing Your Word holy scripture joy flowin...

Into the Heart of the Flower

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A fleeting image of freesia flickering to life for an instant flashing onto the screen So much of the beauty the artistry, symmetry lo...

Visual Words - 2

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Trying as best I can in the writings that I put down to capture the touch, the feel, the smell, the image a trigger, a pull using ever ...

By Love, not by Hate

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By love, not by hate with light piercing the darkness tyranny, oppression false truth falling down Such was the way of Christ the wa...

With Love, Not with Hate

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Righting injustices standing up when opportunity calls doing what is right with love, not hate this we honor, on this day the man, the ...

Hearing the Greasy Snow

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The sounds all muffled under our hoods and hats cutting through, the distinctive noise hearing the greasy snow The pavement covered by...

Fragile Puffs of Snow

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Standing on the schoolhouse grounds waiting for the bus to come the batter and pushing of the teens and those just about so The chatter...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Haiku – haiku - 1

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Elegantly, five sophisticated seven precisely, formed January 18, 2010 discussion with Christian, while giving blood All of my poem...

Blood – haiku

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Life giving blood given so others may live easy, one two three January 18, 2010 Thanks Christian; it was easy All of my poems are ...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

That We Were Able to Wed

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Talking with the girls answering their urgent questions knowing only in part the truth of segregation Going out, continuing my work so...