Talking about the earth – v2

Helping a customer, a stranger,
but learning part of their story,
The journey they have traveled,
evoking, triggering memory within,
almost twenty years old.
 
A Cherokee, an underwater welder,
before he stopped working, retiring,
A husband, a cancer survivor,
sharing love, understanding of this place,
this continent, our precious Turtle Island.
 
Assisting a stranger, a customer,
but engaging so much deeper,
Talking about the earth
his life, his experience,
how he came to this moment.
 
Learning, sharing with him,
his wife standing beside him,
Weathering his trials, his journey,
finding kinship, connection in the aisles;
I will not forget his story, his face.
 

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Edited August 7, 2023

Talking about the earth – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/talking-about-earth-v2.html

August 4, 2023

Talking about the earth

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/talking-about-earth.html

&

edited February 18, 2017

retying the threads – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/02/retying-threads-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/02/retying-threads-v3_18.html

edited February 10, 2017

retying the threads – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/02/retying-threads-v2.html

June 23, 2015

retying the threads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/retying-threads.html

edited July 25, 2015

gathering mud – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/gathering-mud-v4.html

(editing version 3)

edited July 9, 2015

gathering mud – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/gathering-mud-v3.html

(editing original)

edited June 24, 2015

gathering mud – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/gathering-mud-v2.html

June 24, 2015

gathering mud

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/gathering-mud.html

 (adding other tags for creation story cross-reference)

Bible Study – Inspired by the Word

(on other creation stories)

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

June 23, 2015

&

June 23, 2015

may we be tied, united

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/may-we-be-tied-united.html

June 23, 2015

may we be tied

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/may-we-be-tied.html

June 23, 2015

living stones – 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/living-stones-2.html

June 23, 2015

part of the body, of the circle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/part-of-body-of-circle.html

June 23, 2015

healing the breach

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/healing-breach.html

June 23, 2015

picking up the pieces

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/picking-up-pieces.html

June 23, 2015

like a glass plate shattered

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/like-glass-plate-shattered.html

June 23, 2015

retying the threads

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/retying-threads.html

June 23, 2015

shooting within the circle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/shooting-within-circle.html

edited June 23, 2015

Together within this Circle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/together-within-this-circle-v2.html

&

June 22, 2015

We pray for our sisters, our brothers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/we-pray-for-our-sisters-our-brothers.html

@dreamUMC #dreamumc tweetup on Charleston shooting

June 22, 2015

&

June 22, 2015, typo corrected June 23, 2015

together within this circle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/together-within-this-circle.html

June 22, 2015

Come Holy Spirit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/come-holy-spirit.html

New England Conference of United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NEUMC

https://twitter.com/neumc

Annual Conference 2015 (#NEAC15)

http://www.neumc.org/acsessions

https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23NEAC15

worship guides

http://www.neumc.org/2015acworshipmaterials

NEUMC Photos

https://www.facebook.com/NEUMC/photos_stream

my photos

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/pictures-from-new-england-united.html

Worship Director Marcia McFee

https://www.facebook.com/marcia.mcfee

https://twitter.com/marciamcfee

http://marciamcfee.com/

https://www.facebook.com/WorshipDesignStudio

Guest Preacher Bishop Gregory Palmer

http://www.westohioumc.org/conference/bishops-biography

http://www.westohioumc.org/

https://www.facebook.com/westohioumc

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gregory-V-Palmer/132965966742833

Guest Preacher Thom White Wolf Fassett

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.fassett.5

Recap of Thursday sessions

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/newsdetail/1387285

Act of Repentance

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/1389898

by Pat Warrior Woman Parent

Recap of Friday sessions

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/newsdetail/1387466

extract of sermon

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/1387412

Bishop Palmer

Recap of Saturday sessions

http://neumc-www.brtsite.com/newsdetail/1390135

bible study on Luke 10 (Good Samaritan)

led by Bishop Palmer

https://soundcloud.com/ne-conference-umc/bishop-palmer-saturday-bible-study

worship

Laity Address

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/1390104

by Janet O’Neill

opening prayer for morning session on Saturday, 6/20/15

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-england-united-methodist-church.html

 

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