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Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Arms of the Mist

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Wrapping us tightly yet moving with us the arms of the mist close by, with us still walking with us all the way to school Not letting go yet...

Lessons in Their Choices

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Jesus and the two thieves each dying on their cross coming to the end the moments slipping away Lessons in their choices how they faced thei...

Their Choices

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Each of the three on their own cross bearing the shame the judgment of death Their choices models of the world even to this day The savior, ...

The Choices on Calvary

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Each of them on the cross facing eternity choosing different paths forgiveness, condemnation redemption in asking each coming before the Lor...

Act Through Me Holy Spirit

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Fill me, Holy Spirit Act through me to let the world know of God’s love for all of humanity May 20, 2010 Copyright by Raymond A. Foss, 2000,...

Act in Me Holy Spirit

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Act in me, Holy Spirit the flames of Pentecost burning igniting me to do to act in your holy name Going into the world wearing the cross of ...

Calling to My Spirit

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The bible, the words the meaning deep within calling to my spirit to enter in to stop my work and drink Finding a time to come to your scrip...

Pearled Dew

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Bright blue sky shimmering light everything sharper in the clear morning sun Pearled dew the rain of last night shining drops capturing the ...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The Spirit of that Fire

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We as a people marked the spirit of that fire still burning, now within each beating heart Pentecost flames living guiding us to action spea...

What’s Up with That Baby?

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Unhappy, poopy, smelly diapers the baby bottle in the crib. Was she drooling or talking, mumbling something, crawling in place… Toys everywh...

Email 4/29/10 from the National Religious Campaign Against Torture

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Dear NRCAT Supporter: It's time to begin planning for June's Torture Awareness Month activities for your congregation and/or religio...

Gossamer Thoughts

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The words coming for a moment gathering gossamer thoughts little pearls out of the air writing them down, while they come wonder in the way ...

Describing in Detail

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More than the words on the page trying to bring them there the moment in my hushed office feeling her presence there “Daddy”, she breathed, ...

Jewel Encrusted Blades

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Like long swords pulled from the scabbards of the earth jewel encrusted blades the long leaves of the lilies bright kelly green on the edge ...

Nouns Verbs and Adjectives - Poetry Presentation - Pembroke Hill School - May 19, 2010

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Raymond A. Foss May 19, 2010 Mrs. Proulx’s Second Grade class Pembroke Hill School Baby Rose Petals Cupped in her hand offered for m...

Almost Imperceptible

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In arguing my point that she needed a raincoat feeling the mist falling on my face yet almost imperceptible not enough to get wet only half ...

Sticky Air

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Not like summer hot humidity a coolness of spring light on the air Yet the sounds, the motion the waking of morning tamped down, slowed as i...

Muffled This Morning

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The sounds caught as if in a spider’s web the lowered clouds with them in their grip Muffled this morning the world slow awakening the mist ...

The Muffled Morning

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The sounds all around me muffled this morning the air gray no edge to the clouds Brightening yet awash with muted colors the rain wrapped ro...

Watch Out

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In the way of her mind all of eight and a half warning me of the danger lurking in front of me walking as I was on the granite curb like a b...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Living in God’s Grace

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A place to live not in geography wherever we walk on the earth living in God’s grace warm, protected in the arms of his love feeling him clo...

Celebrating the Completion

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Celebrating the completion the rebuilding of the wall the people in their own towns returned from exile into their own land coming together ...

Speaking the Word

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Not read, past hand to hand preached from the platform the word of God falling down on them the whole congregation gathering in the squ...

Explaining the Word

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Not for the few those who had studied explained to each one there all to understand the richness of God’s love embedded in the scripture her...

Listening to the Word of God

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Standing as a community listening all morning long the words of the law of the love of God sharing in the temple courts Listening to the wor...

Standing for the Reading

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All of the people standing assembled together for the reading of the word in the holy city With arms raised saying Amen! for God’s faithfuln...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Blessed in How We Walk

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Blessed are they in the way they walk in their life upon the earth not guided by the ways of the world following the lamb instead Goin...

Blessed When We Act

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Blessed before the Lord when we act on faith when we do the master’s work humbly going out into the world sharing his love for us Offering m...

Able to See God

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Only able to see God when I let go of my sin when I humbly approach your cross the price you paid for my disobedience your blood, for m...

Letting Go of My Sin

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Unable to let go of my sin the depth of my shame before God until I understand the mercy of Christ forgiving me while he died His praye...

That We May Forgive Our Sin

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Remembering Christ’s boundless love his act of grace for each of us going to the cross in our place taking on our sin dying there for us Rem...

Around the puddle

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The drying puddle of soda almost invisible to the eye like the oasis in the desert the ancient watering hole Like elephants remembering comi...

To Be a Blessing

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In the scriptures so simple loving God and man walking humbly with our savior caring for our fellow man Blessed in the way of the Lord...

Living in God’s Mercy

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Looking at the words of Christ in how one is viewed as blessed living in God’s mercy wrapped in his arms of love Walking more gently on this...

Guided by His Words

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Informed by the Christ guided by his words a way to live in the world separated from the values the judgments of the earth Living as his fol...

Blessed in the Eyes of God

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Seeing them blessed the ones the world would reject the believers, the followers the ones that would be left behind Not in rewards of this e...

To Be Blessed

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Not as the world would understand humbly walking on the earth the meek, the suffering those that the world would cast off Christ, the redeem...

Called Blessed by Christ

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A hapless band of misfits when compared to the earth those called blessed by Christ struggling to survive Defined by a different standard li...

Called Blessed by God

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A new definition what it means to be blessed not in the way of the world the words of Christ instead Not by measures of earthly comfort, by ...

Blessed before Man

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Power and prestige free from want and pain blessed before man treasure here on earth Nothing of a future a life in heaven above focused on t...

Blessed before God

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Hungry for the word needing the grace of God humbly doing his work going where we are called Blessed before God living in servanthood follow...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

All of Us Matter

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All of us matter all children of God none of us to be left out all who seek God who follow the cross to be called blessed before God No Jew ...

They Matter to God

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All people on the earth not just the firm believers the people of the book all the whole world loved by God even the ones we reject They mat...

Seeing Christ in Their Faces

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Those whom society would reject the poor, the lost, the sick seeing Christ in the face of all of them blessed before God, so Jesus said ...

Compared to the World

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Christ speaking of the blessed of God the opposite of the world compared to the values of the earth the words upside down Blessed are so man...

Trouble in the Familiar Words

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Listening to the words of the Beatitudes what true blessings mean comparing them to the way of the world uncomfortable where they coincide t...

Treated Equally - 2

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The Jew, the Gentile the poor, the lame the one who grabbed the brass ring all of us treated equally by God loving each of us the same By hi...

Not to Judge

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Ours not to judge to set them apart all of them loved by God no difference as the world would make all of us children of God God loving us e...

Treated with Love

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No different than us none set apart none excluded by God all worthy of his love The redeeming by our savior giving his life for all of us ea...

We Matter to God

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A confidence as believers in the words of the scripture God speaking to us on what it means to be blessed Nothing like the way of the world ...

A Mountain Retreat

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In this pearl of his ministry going to the mountain retreat speaking from the heart sharing so much with the disciples the believers at his ...

Seeing the Face of God

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Those poor in heart not full of themselves walking humbly in life going to glory at the end of their days seeing the face of God A promise o...

Remembering Your Forgiveness

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In the prayer we shared thinking deeply about our sin yet remembering your forgiveness your atoning love not the stain of our sin Forgiven b...

Forgiving Our Sin

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When we remember our sin our failings before God needing to be mindful too of your forgiving our sin bringing us back to you Made new each t...

Reminders of Your Mercy

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In bowing in prayer asking for forgiveness of our sin reminders of your mercy for all that we had done cleaned by the blood of the son Stumb...

Kingdom

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Through Christ, a kingdom though not of this earth the kingdom of God revealed in his love for us submitting all to the will of the Lord so ...

Reminded of Your Forgiveness

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In each word of prayer coming humbly before God new because of the death of the Christ rising to glory with him Each of us redeemed because ...

Joined Together

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Joined together the sheep of different flocks brought together in Christ made one new people freed from the law bound by the love of God May...

One New People

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Brought together by grace by the love of God come down separated by the law brought together in love One new people in Christ alone members ...

One Flock

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Sheep of many colors those nearby and those scattered far away joining into one flock following one shepherd calling to the way Redeemed by ...

One People

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From two flocks out of many made one By his blood One people in the family all of us children of God May 16, 2010 Matthew 5:1-12 (Sermon on ...

Through the Gate of Christ

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Not by our deeds by fulfilling the law all of man guilty of sin Through the gate of Christ able to come to the foot of the cross Abl...