With God - 2

With God, with God,
everything is imaginable,
Nothing is impossible, 
Creating things that last.
 
All things are possible,
in faith, no fear survives,
Believing the impossible, 
Is within our grasp.
 
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Edited December 17, 2023
With God – 2 – v2
 
December 16, 2023
With God - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/with-god.html
Matthew 19:26
&
Edited December 10, 2023
Be still in Christ’s presence – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/be-still-in-christs-presence-v2.html
December 10, 2023
Be still in Christ’s presence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/be-still-in-christs-presence.html
Devotional December 10, 2023
Jesus Always: Embracing Joy in His Presence
Psalm 37:7 (NLT)
Jeremiah 29:13
Psalm 96:12-13
Romans 12:21 (NKJV)
&
Edited December 10, 2023
Come to Me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/come-to-me-v2.html
December 10, 2023
Do you demonstrate trust
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/do-you-demonstrate-trust.html
Edited/new name December 10, 2023
Let go of your burdens
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/let-go-of-your-burdens.html
December 10, 2023
Let go of your burdens, your cares
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/let-go-of-your-burdens-your-cares.html
1 Peter 5:7
“Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
&
Edited December 3, 2023
Find rest in Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/find-rest-in-christ.html
December 3, 2023
Find rest in Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/find-rest-in-him.html
December 3, 2023
Come to Me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/come-to-me.html
"Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28
&
December 2, 2023
A gift of grace
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-gift-of-grace.html
Ephesians 2:8
&
Edited November 27, 2023
Stay close to me, Lord – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/stay-close-to-me-lord-v2.html
Edited November 26, 2023
Stay close to me, Lord – haiku
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/stay-close-to-me-lord-haiku.html
Edited November 26, 2023
Stay close to me, Lord
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/stay-close-to-me-lord.html
November 26, 2023
Stay close to me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/stay-close-to-me.html
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and
saves those who are crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18
&
Edited November 20, 2023
Take hold of God’s promises – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/take-hold-of-gods-promises-v2.html
November 20, 2023
Take hold of God’s promises
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/take-hold-of-gods-promises.html
Edited November 20, 2023
Abiding, thriving – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/abiding-thriving-v3.html
Edited November 20, 2023
Abiding, thriving – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/abiding-thriving-v2.html
November 20, 2023
Abiding, thriving
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/abiding-thriving.html
John 15:5
John 15
&
November 19, 2023
God is with us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/god-is-with-us.html
Edited November 19, 2023
Fear not – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/fear-not-2-v2.html
November 19, 2023
Fear not - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/fear-not-2.html
Isaiah 41:10
Isaiah 41:13
Joshua 1:9
&
Edited November 18, 2023
You fight for me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/you-fight-for-me-v2.html
October 29, 2023
Your fight for me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/you-fight-for-me.html
Exodus 14:14
&
Edited November 17, 2023
Guard my heart, oh God – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/guard-my-heart-oh-god-v2.html
Edited November 17, 2023
Even when I am Blind – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/even-when-i-am-blind-v2.html
Edited November 16, 2023
Your Grace wakes with the morning – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/your-grace-wakes-with-morning-v2_16.html
edited November 9, 2023
Your grace wakes with the morning - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/your-grace-wakes-with-morning-v2.html
November 5, 2023
Your grace wakes with the morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/your-grace-wakes-with-morning.html
Lamentations 3:22-23
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.”
Matthew 6:9-13 (The Lord’s Prayer)
&
November 16, 2023
Even when I am blind
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/even-when-i-am-blind.html
John 13:7
&
November 10, 2023
Guard my heart, oh God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/guard-my-heart-oh-god.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, prayer, faith, God, Christ, Spirit, protection,
 
#poetry #prayer #faith #Christ #God #Spirit #protection
 
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Poetry, prayer, God, faith, trust, John 13, path, calling, purpose,
 
#poetry #prayer #God faith #trust #John13 #path #calling #purpose
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, prayer, Lamentations 3, Matthew 6, Lord’s Prayer,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #prayer #Lamentations3 #Matthew6 #LordsPrayer
 
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Poetry, God, faith, prayer, calling, purpose, trust, love, grace,
 
#poetry #God #faith #prayer #calling #purpose #trust #love #grace
 
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Poetry, God, faith, prayer, calling, purpose, trust, love, grace, Isaiah 41, Joshua 1,
 
#poetry #God #faith #prayer #calling #purpose #trust #love #grace #Isaiah41 #Joshua1
 
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Poetry, God, faith, prayer, calling, purpose, trust, love, grace, John 15, vine, branches, abide, fruit, abundance, promises, protection,
 
#poetry #God #faith #prayer #calling #purpose #trust #love #grace #vine #branches #abide #fruit #abundance #John15 #promises #protection
 
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poetry, prayer, faith, God, Christ, Spirit, protection, Psalm 34,
 
#poetry #prayer #faith #Christ #God #Spirit #protection #Psalm34
 
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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, Ephesians 2, love, grace,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Ephesians2 #love #grace
 
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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, Matthew 11, 1 Peter 5, love, grace, comfort, rest, peace, trust, believe, faith,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew11 #1Peter5 #love #grace #comfort #rest #peace #trust #believe #faith
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, devotional, Psalm 37, Jeremiah 29, Psalm 96, Romans 12, trust, faith, believe, patience,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #devotional #Psalm37 #Jeremiah29 #Psalm96 #Romans12 #trust #faith #believe #patience
 
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Poetry, Matthew 19:26, God, faith, believe, Christ, Spirit, fear, courage, impossible, possible,
 
#Matthew19:26 #God Faith #Believe #Christ #Spirit #courage #fear #poetry #courage

Before his giant cell phone

Before he had that cell phone,
huge at the beginning,
They had a ritual, a practice, a protocol,
whenever she needed a few things...
 
Dad would always say he would remember
if it was three items or less, but
He needed a list for four or more.
 
Off he would go to the grocery store,
getting what she asked for,
according to the list...
 
But he knew her well enough,
he had walked this path before,
Before he returned home her called her
from the pay phone out front...
 
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December 14, 2023
Before his giant cell phone
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/before-his-giant-cell-phone.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, memory, before cell phones, mother, father,
 
#poetry #memory #beforecellphones #mother #father  

Looking out Burns' window - v3

Touching the poet, emotion erupting,
standing in the room where he was born
looking out Burns' window,
the village, his hometown,
In the land of my ancestors.
 
Touching his presence, power,
in the room where he grew up,
feeling kinship, connection,
at the beginning, poetry,
here, words entering my life.

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Edited December 12, 2023
Looking out Burns’ window – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/looking-out-burns-window-v3.html
Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v3.html
Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v2.html
December 10, 2023
I hear you calling to me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me.html
Tam O’ Shanter
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43815/tam-o-shanter
Robert Burns Cottage
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/robert-burns-birthplace-museum/highlights/burns-cottage
&
Edited July 30, 2023
Just a whisper of heather – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/just-whisper-of-heather-v2.html
April 4, 2022
Just a whisper of heather
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/just-whisper-of-heather.html
&
Edited February 17, 2023
on the shore of the Loch – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v3.html
edited/merged February 15, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v2.html
February 14, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch.html
&
edited February 22, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window-v-2.html
February 14, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window.html
&
edited July 23, 2015
Urquhart – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/urughart-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited April 21, 2015
Urquhart – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/urughart-v2.html
Standing on the edge of Loch Ness, 1999
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/loch-ness.html
May 7, 2010
On the Shore of the Loch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-shore-of-loch.html
2/25/06 19:05
May 24, 2009
A Single Thistle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/single-thistle.html
Urquhart
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/02/urquhart.html
1999 trip to Scotland
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, Burns, Robert Burns, Scotland, Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Watson, heather, Alloway Auld Kirk, whisper, Tam o’ Shanter, Brig o’ Doon, Ayrshire, Urquhart Castle, ancestors, Scottish, birthplace,
 
#poetry #Burns #RobertBurns #Scotland #Highlands #Edinburgh #Glasgow #LochNess #LochLomond #Watson #heather #AllowayAuldKirk #whisper #TamoShanter #BrigoDoon #Ayrshire #UrquhartCastle #ancestors #Scottish #birthplace

I hear you calling to me – v3

Walking across the parking lot,
From the bank to the store,
Raising my eyes to the sky,
Feeling a stirring in my spirit,
A voice within the light, the clouds...
 
I hear you calling to me,
Across the Highlands,
Across time, across the ocean,
In verse, in rhyme, In rhythm,
In a language of my ancestors,
The place of their birth, and yours.
 
I was touched by your presence,
Standing in your room, the cottage,
Looking out your window
The village, your hometown,
The heather, the Highlands,
Your time and space.
 
I remember still that stirring,
Feeling kinship, connection,
To you, to your passions,
At the beginning, poetry,
When words entered my life.

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Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v3
 
Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v2.html
December 10, 2023
I hear you calling to me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me.html
Tam O’ Shanter
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43815/tam-o-shanter
Robert Burns Cottage
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/robert-burns-birthplace-museum/highlights/burns-cottage
&
Edited July 30, 2023
Just a whisper of heather – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/just-whisper-of-heather-v2.html
April 4, 2022
Just a whisper of heather
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/just-whisper-of-heather.html
&
Edited February 17, 2023
on the shore of the Loch – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v3.html
edited/merged February 15, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v2.html
February 14, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch.html
&
edited February 22, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window-v-2.html
February 14, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window.html
&
edited July 23, 2015
Urquhart – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/urughart-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited April 21, 2015
Urquhart – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/urughart-v2.html
Standing on the edge of Loch Ness, 1999
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/loch-ness.html
May 7, 2010
On the Shore of the Loch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-shore-of-loch.html
2/25/06 19:05
May 24, 2009
A Single Thistle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/single-thistle.html
Urquhart
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/02/urquhart.html
1999 trip to Scotland
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland, Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Watson, heather, Alloway Auld Kirk, whisper, Tam o’ Shanter, Brig o’ Doon, Ayrshire, Urquhart Castle, ancestors, Scottish,
 
#poetry #RobertBurns #Scotland #Highlands #Edinburgh #Glasgow #LochNess #LochLomond #Watson #heather #AllowayAuldKirk #whisper #TamoShanter #BrigoDoon #Ayrshire #UrquhartCastle #ancestors #Scottish

I hear you calling to me - v2

Walking across the parking lot,
From the bank to the store,
Raising my eyes to the sky,
Feeling a stirring in my spirit,
A voice within the clouds...
 
I hear you calling to me,
across the Highlands,
In verse, in rhyme, In rhythm,
In a language of my ancestors,
The place of their birth, and yours,
 
I have seen your room,
The village, the roofs,
I have smelled the heather,
Crossing Loch Lomond,
Not on either side...
 

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Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v2.html
December 10, 2023
I hear you calling to me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me.html
Tam O’ Shanter
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43815/tam-o-shanter
Robert Burns Cottage
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/robert-burns-birthplace-museum/highlights/burns-cottage
&
Edited July 30, 2023
Just a whisper of heather – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/just-whisper-of-heather-v2.html
April 4, 2022
Just a whisper of heather
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/just-whisper-of-heather.html
&
Edited February 17, 2023
on the shore of the Loch – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v3.html
edited/merged February 15, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v2.html
February 14, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch.html
&
edited February 22, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window-v-2.html
February 14, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window.html
&
edited July 23, 2015
Urquhart – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/urughart-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited April 21, 2015
Urquhart – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/urughart-v2.html
Standing on the edge of Loch Ness, 1999
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/loch-ness.html
May 7, 2010
On the Shore of the Loch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-shore-of-loch.html
2/25/06 19:05
May 24, 2009
A Single Thistle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/single-thistle.html
Urquhart
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/02/urquhart.html
1999 trip to Scotland
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland, Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Watson, heather, Alloway Auld Kirk, whisper, Tam o’ Shanter, Brig o’ Doon, Ayrshire, Urquhart Castle, ancestors, Scottish,
 
#poetry #RobertBurns #Scotland #Highlands #Edinburgh #Glasgow #LochNess #LochLomond #Watson #heather #AllowayAuldKirk #whisper #TamoShanter #BrigoDoon #Ayrshire #UrquhartCastle #ancestors #Scottish

alone on Golgotha - v2

alone on Golgotha – v2
 
A mother's pain, her anguish 
for those six hours
in some ways, she was
almost more alone than Jesus.
 
She couldn’t understand
all of the heavenly plans,
she was alone on Golgotha
standing at His cross.
 
In her pain in her sorrow
a sword piercing her soul
for her, her son dying,
become our sacrifice.
 
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Edited December 10, 2023
alone of Golgotha - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/alone-on-golgotha-v2.html
December 10, 2014
alone on Golgotha
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/alone-on-golgotha.html
Advent book study:
Luke 2:33-35
prophecy of Simeon
Chapter 2: “The Piercing of Mary’s Soul”
Not A Silent Night
http://www.adamhamilton.org/store/9781426771842#.VGp1BTTF9gg
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/DynamicContent.aspx?id=276&pageid=1808
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827
http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton
https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com
sermon blog
http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com
meditation blog
http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/
“God’s Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
2^nd Sunday of Advent
Advent Sermon Series: The Voices of Advent, “I was there…”
https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1417377248./605547519551607/
Luke 1:26-38 (KJV)
Voices of Advent – “I was there…”
http://rossolson.org/drama/advent/
dramas by Ross Olson
http://rossolson.org/
sermon/message – “Mary”
http://rossolson.org/drama/advent/mary.html
as performed by Shyanne Foss,
who, like Mary, is 14 years old
worship led by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
2^nd Sunday of Advent
December 7, 2014
&
Acts 1:8-14
referenced article about Black Friday death in 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30walmart.html?_r=0
(and website for Black Friday Deaths - http://blackfridaydeathcount.com/)
Introduction and
Chapter 1. “Beginning with the End”
Not A Silent Night
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
earlier books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -
The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578
&        
“Final Words from the Cross”
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802
&
“24 Hours That Changed the World”
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, Spirit, Pastor Ruth Foss, journey, Adam Hamilton, Lent, cross, manger, Advent, Mary, Madonna, crucifixion, Good Friday,
 
#poetry #Faith #God #grace #love #Christ #Messiah #Savior #journey #cross #manger #Mary #Advent #Lent #crucifixion #GoodFriday

I hear you calling to me

 
I hear you calling to me
across the Highlands,
In verse, in rhyme,
In a language of my ancestors,
The place of their birth, and yours,
 
I have seen your room,
The village, the roofs,
I have smelled the heather,
Crossing Loch Lomond,
Not on either side...

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N4WqEz5r0so/SJz4R2yFJ3I/AAAAAAAAB6c/AzCGDLGcnaw/s1600-h/r0008.JPG
December 10, 2023
I hear you calling to me
 
Tam O’ Shanter
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43815/tam-o-shanter
Robert Burns Cottage
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/robert-burns-birthplace-museum/highlights/burns-cottage
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Edited July 30, 2023
Just a whisper of heather – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/07/just-whisper-of-heather-v2.html
April 4, 2022
Just a whisper of heather
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/just-whisper-of-heather.html
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Edited February 17, 2023
on the shore of the Loch – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v3.html
edited/merged February 15, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch-2-v2.html
February 14, 2022
on the shore of the Loch - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/on-shore-of-loch.html
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edited February 22, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window-v-2.html
February 14, 2022
Looking out Burns’ window
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/looking-out-burns-window.html
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edited July 23, 2015
Urquhart – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/urughart-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited April 21, 2015
Urquhart – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/urughart-v2.html
Standing on the edge of Loch Ness, 1999
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/loch-ness.html
May 7, 2010
On the Shore of the Loch
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-shore-of-loch.html
2/25/06 19:05
May 24, 2009
A Single Thistle
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/single-thistle.html
Urquhart
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/02/urquhart.html
1999 trip to Scotland
 
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