Before
you judge someone,
the
old expression is -
“walk
a mile in their shoes”,
to
know what they are going through,
But
that is not enough.
Yes,
put on their sandals,
their
shoes, their boots,
and
walk that mile, maybe two;
but
then look down and realize
the
lesson is much greater.
Just
walking in their shoes
for
that one mile does not actually
give
you true insight into
the
full journey they have walked
and
still keep your judgment to yourself.
All
of us are broken, works in progress,
needing
love, healing in this life
all
of us need mercy, compassion
a
chance to live, to grow
to
have abundant life.
==============
February 10, 2019
a crisis of faith - 2
prayer concern for those with a crisis of faith
February 10, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Scouting Sunday
Known and Called
Known to Stand: Called to Justice
Psalm 138
Matthew 21:12-13
(Jesus Cleansed the Temple)
Matthew 28:19-20
(Great Commission)
Mark 1:21-28
(Jesus heals one possessed)
Pledge of Allegiance, Scout Code
and sermon, “Justice League ”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 10, 2019
&
February 10,
2019
Before you
judge someone
February 10, 2019
bring
them to Christ - 3
February
10, 2019
usher
them in
February
10, 2019
Are we
Nan or Mackenzie
characters
in The Shack
February
10, 2019
Are we
doing whatever is necessary
February
9, 2019
Are we
going and doing likewise
edited/
new name February 9, 2019
Are we
going out deeper
reordering
the stanza
edited
February 8, 2019
are we
walking on water – v2
February
9, 2019
make
room for all
February
9, 2019
pushing,
open 24 X 7
February
9, 2019
time to
come away from the crowds
February
9, 2019
are we
walking on the water
February
9, 2019
all
those in need
February
8, 2019
are we
casting our nets wider
February
8, 2019
outside
in the open
February
8, 2019
a huge
gathering
February
8, 2019
his life
not his own
February
7, 2019
garbed
in Jesus
February
7, 2019
wearing
the colors
they are
known by sight
February
6, 2019
all of
them came to Jesus
February
5, 2019
the
tormented, the afflicted
February
5, 2019
Christ
had become famous
edited
February 5,2019
as we
gather – 2 – v2
February
5, 2019
they
came from everywhere
February
4, 2019
How are
we known
February
4, 2019
he
begged for mercy
February
4, 2019
outing
Jesus
February
4, 2019
Christ
was moved by compassion
February
4, 2019
he was
healed - 2
edited/new
name February 4, 2019
Christ
touched the leper
February
4, 2019
Christ
touched him
February
4, 2019
the
disease left him
February
4, 2019
Jesus
reached out his hand
February
3, 2019
Christ’s
heart was touched
February
3, 2019
Be made
clean
February
3, 2019
I am
willing - 2
February
3, 2019
Oh Lord,
if you are willing
February
3, 2019
God will
increase our catch
February
3, 2019
Christ
died for sinners
February
3, 2019
Christ
must have known
edited
February 3, 2019
wet
feet, wet sandals – v2
February
3, 2019
wet
feet, wet sandals
February
3, 2019
as we
gather - 2
February
3, 2019
outing
our Savior
edited
February 3, 2019
embracing
the leper – v2
edited
February 2, 2019
they
descended on Jesus – v2
February
2, 2019
they
descended on Jesus
February
2, 2019
the
healing power of Jesus
edited/
new name February 2, 2019
embracing
the leper
edited
February 2, 2019
The
Gathering – v2
February
2, 2019
The
Gathering
February
2, 2019
thank
you Jesus
February
2, 2019
May we
follow Christ boldly
February
2, 2019
Christ
calls to us - 2
bulletin
cover arts
edited
February 2, 2019
touch
the leper – 2 – v2
edited/
new name February 2, 2019
touch
the leper - 2
February
2, 2019
touching
the leper
&
February
2, 2019
church
sign
February
2, 2019
“No
Perfect People Allowed”
No
#Perfect #People #Allowed #church #hospital #opendoors #openminds
#openhearts
@UMChurch #Patten #Maine #UMC #welcome #invitation
#inclusive
#hope #community #Mark1 #TheGathering @PastorRuthFoss
&
February
2, 2019
bulletin
cover art
&
February
3, 2019
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Known
and Called
Known by
the Crowds: Called to Gather
Mark
1:40-45 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Psalm 84
and
sermon, “The Gathering ”
video
text
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon
blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s
Message
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
February
3, 2019
&
February
2, 2019
We are
each called by Christ
second
stanza of We are called by Jesus – v2
February
2, 2019
We are
found by the seashore
first
stanza of We are called by Jesus – v2
edited
February 2, 2019
We are
called by Jesus – v2
February
2, 2019
We are
called by Jesus
edited
February 2, 2019
lay down
your nets – v2
edited
February 2, 2019
The
Calling of Jesus, of Christ – v2
(capitalized
title)
merged/
new name February 2, 2019
the
calling of Jesus, of Christ
February
2, 2019
lay down
your nets
edited/new
name February 2, 2019
the
calling of Christ
February
2, 2019
Listen
to Jesus
edited
February 1, 2019
go into
deeper waters – v2
edited
February 1, 2019
Get up,
come – v2
February
1, 2019
Get up,
come
January
31, 2019
trust
more fully
January
31, 2019
let down
your nets
January
31, 2019
go into
deeper waters
edited
January 31, 2019
Let’s go
fishing – v2
edited
January 31, 2019
cast
your nets – v2
January
31, 2019
cast
your nets
edited
January 31, 2019
cast
your nets wide – v2
January
31, 2019
cast
your nets wide
edited
January 31, 2019
they
dropped what they were doing – v2
edited
January 31, 2019
getting
out of the boat – v2
edited
January 31, 2019
a whole
different catch – v2
edited
January 30, 2019
I can’t
do anything different – v2
January
30, 2019
I can’t
do anything different
January
30, 2019
let’s go
fishing
January
30, 2019
they
dropped what they were doing
January
30, 2019
a whole
different catch
new name
January 29, 2019
never
looking back
(adding
stanza 3)
merged
January 29, 2019
to walk
on water with Jesus
January
29, 2019
called
out of the boat
January
29, 2019
getting
out of the boat
January
28, 2019
leaving
the water
January
28, 2019
they
followed, they went
edited
January 28, 2019
leave
your nets – v2
edited
January 28, 2019
Come,
Follow – v2
dropping
last stanza
edited/
new name January 28, 2019
Come,
Follow
edited
January 28, 2019
leave
your nets – v2
adding
capitalization and punctuation
edited/
new name January 28, 2019
leave
your life
January
28, 2019
leave
your nets
edited
January 28, 2019
cast
your nets widely – v2
edited
January 28, 2019
A
Fishing Expeditions – v2
edited
January 27, 2019
drop you
net deeply – v2
edited/
rename January 27, 2019
cast
your nets widely
January
27, 2019
drop
your net deeply
January
27, 2019
A
Fishing Expedition
edited
January 27, 2019
water
connecting the people- v2
edited
January 27, 2019
from the
dust of the earth – v3
January
26, 2019
water
connecting the people
January
26, 2019
fishing
for friends
January
27, 2019
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Known
and Called
Known as
Fishers: Called to Cast a Wide Net
Mark
1:14-20
Psalm 84
Psalm
36:5-10
and
sermon, “A Fishing Expedition”
video
text
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon
blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s
Message
by Pastor
Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
January
27, 2019
&
edited
January 26, 2019
A Water
Mark – v4
merging
edits to original and version 3
edited
January 24, 2019
from the
dust of the earth – v2
January
24, 2019
from the
dust of the earth
edited
January 24, 2019
we are
fully known – v2
edited
January 24, 2019
you know
my thoughts – 2 – v2
edited
January 24, 2019
Your
Spirit blows- v2
edited
January 24, 2019
Come
upon these waters – v2
edited
January 24, 2019
you are
there – 2 – v2
edited
January 22, 2019
We need
to come and see – v2
January
22, 2019
We need
to come and see
edited
January 22, 2019
searching
the horizon – 2 – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
Come and
See – 5 – v2
January
21, 2019
Come and
See - 5
January
21, 2019
God
created us
January
21, 2019
we are
fully known
edited
January 21, 2019
you know
when I sit down – v2
January
21, 2019
plans
for us to prosper
January
21, 2019
wherever
we are - 2
January
21, 2019
searching
the horizon - 2
January
21, 2019
when I
turned
edited
January 21, 2019
we want
to be known – v2
edited/merged
January 21, 2019
off in
the distance – v2
merging
“off in the distance” and a “a glimpse enough”
edited/
name change January 21, 2019
off in
the distance
January
21, 2019
a silhouette
on the horizon
edited
January 21, 2019
pray for
the saints and the sinners – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
we want
to belong somewhere – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
like the
prodigal returning – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
the
waters of the Jordan – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
I was
formed in the depths – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
we are
loved completely – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
we are
known by God – v2
edited
January 21, 2019
we are
shattered, we are broken – v2
adding
third stanza from “a bag of broken pieces”
edited
January 21, 2019
a bag of
broken pieces – v2
adding
the third stanza
edited/
new name January 21, 2019
a bag of
broken pieces
editing
“we are shattered, we are broken”
edited
January 21, 2019
we long
to be known – v2
January
21, 2019
we want
to belong somewhere
January
21, 2019
we are
shattered, we are broken
edited
January 21, 2019
pray for
the saints and the sinners
edited
January 21, 2019
praying
for the saints and the sinners – v2
January
21, 2019
praying for
the saints and the sinners
edited
January 21, 2019
pray for
the older brothers – v2
adding
second stanza
January
21, 2019
pray for
the older brothers
January
21, 2019
like the
prodigal returning
edited/
new name January 21, 2019
God’s
love is so much greater
January
21, 2019
God’s
love so much greater
January
21, 2019
a
glimpse enough
Luke
15:11-32
The
Parable of the Prodigal Son
January
20, 2019
we are
accepted
January
20, 2019
we want
to be known
January
20, 2019
you know
where I sit down
January
20, 2019
before I
was born - 2
January
20, 2019
I was
formed in the depths
January
20, 2019
you are
there is Sheol
January
20, 2019
I cannot
escape you
January
20, 2019
you are
there - 2
January
20, 2019
I was
made in secret
January
20, 2019
you have
searched me and known me
January
20, 2019
before a
word is on my tongue
January
20, 2019
you know
my thoughts – 2
January
20, 2019
we are
loved completely
edited /
new name January 20, 2019
we are
known by God
January
20, 2019
we long
to be known
edited
January 20, 2019
All-Knowing
– v3
edited
January 20, 2019
All-Knowing
– v2
January
20, 2019
All-Knowing
January
20, 2019
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
We are
Beloved
We are
Known On Sight:
Called
to Be…
Psalm
36:5-10
Psalm
139:1-16
Jeremiah
29:11
John
1:46
Luke
15:11-32
The
Parable of the Prodigal Son
and
sermon, “A Sighting”
video
text
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon
blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s
Message
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
January
20, 2019
&
edited
January 20, 2019
we
cannot stop you – v2
stanzas
1 and 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1086957331005489154
stanzas
3 and 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1086957109697232898
January
19, 2019
the
watermark of God
edited/
new name January 19, 2019
We are
God’s Beloved - 3
edited/
new name January 19, 2019
You are
God’s Beloved - 2
edited/
new name January 19, 2019
You are
Beloved
(making
the poem more universal)
edited/
new name January 19, 2019
You are
the Beloved
January
19, 2019
You are
My Son, Beloved
January
19, 2019
proof of
Christ’s identity
edited/
merged January 19, 2019
the
stain of the world – v2
January
19, 2019
our mark
is revealed
January
19, 2019
the
stain of the world
January
19, 2019
a voice
from heaven - 2
edited/
new name January 19, 2019
our
water mark
edited
January 19,2019
God’s
breath prayer – v2
edited/new
name January 19, 2019
God’s
breath prayer
edited
January 19, 2019
God
breathed a prayer – v2
January
19, 2019
God
breathed a prayer
January
18, 2019
breathing
a word upon us
January
18, 2019
speaking
a mark upon us
edited
January 18, 2019
Life
through these Waters
January
18, 2019
Life
through the Waters
January
18, 2019
you
birthed new life
January
18, 2019
we
cannot stop you
January
18, 2019
Your
Spirit blows
January
18, 2019
we dry
ourselves out
January
18, 2019
we
forget its power
January
18, 2019
we get
in the way
January
18, 2019
the
waters of the Jordan
January
17, 2019
we too
are marked
edited/merged
January 17, 2019
(merging
4 poems from 1 paragraph of
Pastor Ruth’s sermon 1/13/19)
“Let these
waters be to us drops of your mercy,
Let
these waters remind us of your righteousness
and
justice. Let these waters renew in us
the
resurrection
power of Jesus. Let these waters make us
long for
your coming reign.”
edited/merged
January 17, 2019
(merging
4 poems from 1 paragraph/sentence
of
Pastor Ruth’s sermon)
“We are
dry and thirsty, O God, Come, refresh us!
Come
upon us, Holy Spirit! Come upon these waters.”
January
17, 2019
we are
dry, thirsty
January
17, 2019
Come,
refresh us - 2
January
17, 2019
Come
upon us
January
17, 2019
impart
your love to us
January
17, 2019
Come
upon these waters
January
17, 2019
Let
these waters be for us
January
17, 2019
Let
these waters make us
edited
January 17, 2019
Let
these waters remind us – 2 – v2
edited
January 17, 2019
Let
these water renew us – v2
January
17, 2019
an
invisible mark
January
16, 2019
Let
these waters remind us - 2
January
16, 2019
Let
these waters renew us
edited
January 16, 2019
a mark
embedded – v2
edited
January 16, 2019
a mark
hidden – v2
edited
January 16, 2019
we are
marked by God’s love – v2
edited
January 16, 2019
we are
sealed with that mark – v3
(shortened
to fit on Twitter)
edited
January 16, 2019
we are
sealed with that mark – v2
edited
January 16, 2019
the
baptism of Jesus – v3
(shortened
to fit on Twitter)
edited
January 16, 2019
the
baptism of Jesus – v2
edited
January 15, 2019
Baptism
– v2
edited
January 15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v2
edited
January 15, 2019
Holy
Water – v2
(edited
after contact by a composer who wanted to
use the
poem for a choir composition
January
11, 2006 23:25
Holy
Water
Mark
1:9-13, 15
&
January
11, 2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal
Waters
Matthew
27:24-26
&
January
11, 2006 23:30
Baptism
(about
Dad’t baptism, November 1990)
&
edited
January 15, 2019
the name
of Jesus – v2
new name
/ edited January 15, 2019
the name
of Jesus
January
15, 2019
a mark
embedded
January
15, 2019
the
baptism of Jesus
January
15, 2019
a mark
hidden
edited
January 14, 2019
Christ
knows your pain – v2
edited
January 14, 2019
drenched
in the water – v2
edited
January 14, 2019
at the
Jordan River – v2
January
14, 2019
we are
marked by God’s love
January
14, 2019
we are
sealed with that mark
edited
January 14, 2019
A Water
Mark – v3
edited
January 14, 2019
A Water
Mark – v2
edited
January 14, 2019
life
changed forever – v2
edited
January 14, 2019
the sky
split open – 2 – v2
edited
January 14, 2019
here in
the river – v2
edited
January 14, 2019
out
flesh changed – v2
January
13, 2019
our
flesh changed
January
13, 2019
here in
the river
January
13, 2019
the sky
split open - 2
January
13, 2019
at the
Jordan River
January
13, 2019
life
changed forever
January
13, 2019
standing
in the Jordan River
first 2
stanzas – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1084536799727362055
second 2
stanzas – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1084537346073288705
January
13, 2019
marked
by my love - 3
January
13, 2019
A Water
Mark
January
13, 2019
drenched
in the water
January
13, 2019
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Baptism
of the Lord Sunday
We are
Known by the Water:
Called
To Life Anew
Psalm 29
Mark
1:4-11 (The Message)
and
sermon, “A Water Mark”
video
text
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon
blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s
Message
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
January
13, 2019
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