Cokesbury Fair Trade & Artisan Gifts 2019 - my poem One Heart at a Time

My poem, "One Heart at a Time" was used by Cokesbury for the inside cover of their Fair Trade & Artisan Gifts 2019 catalog - see https://issuu.com/cokesbury/docs/fa20_final_ecatalog?fr=sNDcyYTE0MjkyMw . The poem's title is also the name of the catalog.

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edited September 14, 2019

One Heart at a Time – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/one-heart-at-time-v4.html

received link 9/13/19

Cokesbury catalog

Cokesbury Fair Trade and Artisan Gifts 2019

“One Heart at a Time”

https://issuu.com/cokesbury/docs/fa20_final_ecatalog?fr=sNDcyYTE0MjkyMw

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edited July 9, 2019

One Heart at a Time – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-heart-at-time-v3.html

edited July 9, 2019

One Heart at a Time – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-heart-at-time-v2.html

proposing my edits after UMC

proposed edits for their Cokesbury catalog

in email 6/13/19

from Kim Shaver | Director, Creative Services

The United Methodist Publishing House

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December 29, 2009

One Heart at a Time

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-heart-at-time.html

The title popped into my head

as I was posting this poem to

www.christianpoetry.org

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July 26, 2009

This One Will Live

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-one-will-live.html

Psalm 92:1-4

Isaiah 43:18-21

Luke 12:54-56

and sermon, “The View from Seven Decades:

The Power and Danger of Paradigms”,

by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

July 19, 2009

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Psalm 100

Luke 4:16-21

Isaiah 43:1-3a

Isaiah 43:18-21

and sermon, “The Power of Vision”,

by the Reverend Huntley Halvorson,

including, The Star Thrower Story by Joel Barker,

inspired by the writing of Loren Eiseley,

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

July 26, 2009

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In the Darkness

In the darkness
the world around us
His light shining
in the work
of his disciples’ lives
His light shining
burning within us
shining only
when we act in His name
going into the darkness
hope for His people
gathering all
for the harvest home
Shining in the darkness
a light to the world
His light shining
within each believer’s heart


August 15, 2009
Posting by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
August 15, 2009
on picture of VBS 2009 – Camp E.D.G.E.,
Day 2 - Trek to Bethlehem,
“The star still shines bright in you and in me!
Show your light to the world...don't hide it
under a bushel but let it shine bright,
illuminating the world around you!
God has made you a shining star
to shine bright in a world of darkness
needing to be illuminated!”

His Light

The light within us
shining through our lives
our words
our actions
His light shining
in all we do
while we are yoked to him
following his guidance
his footsteps beside us
walking with us
on our journey of faith
Let His light shine!


August 15, 2009
Posting by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
August 15, 2009
on picture of VBS 2009 – Camp E.D.G.E.,
Day 2 - Trek to Bethlehem,
“The star still shines bright in you and in me!
Show your light to the world...don't hide it
under a bushel but let it shine bright,
illuminating the world around you!
God has made you a shining star
to shine bright in a world of darkness
needing to be illuminated!”

Show Your Light

His light, shining within you
his Spirit guiding your steps
His voice, if we choose to hear
living within our hearts
Show your light
to the world
bring your joy, your hope
your belief in his grace
to the ends of the earth


August 15, 2009
Posting by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
August 15, 2009
on picture of VBS 2009 – Camp E.D.G.E.,
Day 2 - Trek to Bethlehem,
“The star still shines bright in you and in me!
Show your light to the world...don't hide it
under a bushel but let it shine bright,
illuminating the world around you!
God has made you a shining star
to shine bright in a world of darkness
needing to be illuminated!”

The Same Light

That same bright star
shining in our hearts
high up in heaven
his star, the star of the savior
the light of God
for you and for me
shining within us
in the indwelling spirit
Let your light shine!


August 15, 2009
Posting by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
August 15, 2009
on picture of VBS 2009 – Camp E.D.G.E.,
Day 2 - Trek to Bethlehem,
“The star still shines bright in you and in me!
Show your light to the world...don't hide it
under a bushel but let it shine bright,
illuminating the world around you!
God has made you a shining star
to shine bright in a world of darkness
needing to be illuminated!”

Be Bold

Boldly acting, without fear
a stranger, on the dangerous road
stopping, making himself vulnerable
reaching out to the man
lying, bleeding, dying on the ground
risking so much, this enemy of the people
Through him, his example,
the Messiah, the one told of in the prophets,
through this outcast the Lord bears witness
Be bold to help your neighbors,
risking to heal, to love, to care
even your enemy, you are to love them all,
just as the ancient words said
Just as God commanded.

August 17, 2008
Luke 10:25-37 and
sermon “Let us love, not in word or speech alone. Let us
love in truth and action”, by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
and Vacation Bible School,
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.cokesburyvbs.com/beachparty/

Be Obedient

Obey the law
and you will live
So were the words of the savior,
the messiah to a people who would not hear
Easy words of instruction, clear on their face
contorted, twisted, the words more important
than the love they were to share
A lesson in living the law of God,
to love your neighbor as yourself
Piety and stricture, puffing
deflated in the example of the stranger
the unclean Samaritan
obeying the law
in ways they would not
breathing the spirit of the law
doing the will of God

August 17, 2008
Luke 10:25-37 and
sermon “Let us love, not in word or speech alone. Let us
love in truth and action”, by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
and Vacation Bible School,
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.cokesburyvbs.com/beachparty/

Be Kind

Be kind, that is the rule,
the ancient rule of the people,
the words of the law, repeated by memory
from the lips of the scribe, the teacher of the law
Jesus affirmed these words, that is where life is
But the story of that dying man’
on the Jericho Road an indictment
the hypocrisy of the people of the word
A Samaritan, a people of ill repute
He was the one who demonstrated caring,
kindness to a stranger, an enemy
a man dying, unclean on the ground
He ministered in the way
the scripture envisioned,
the spirit of the words
in his acts revealed

August 17, 2008
Luke 10:25-37 and
sermon “Let us love, not in word or speech alone. Let us
love in truth and action”, by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
and Vacation Bible School,
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.cokesburyvbs.com/beachparty/

Be Forgiving

A Samaritan on the Jericho Road
an outcast, unwanted, finding a Jew,
bleeding, dying on the way
forgiving the hurt, the scorn
the prejudice on his people
showing mercy to one in need
doing what others would not do
risking becoming unclean
touching a sick man,
in his time of trial,
before he would have died
forgiving the past, focused on
the one who was lying in the dust
reaching out in compassion
to offer his aid, relieving his pain

August 17, 2008
Luke 10:25-37 and
sermon “Let us love, not in word or speech alone. Let us
love in truth and action”, by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
and Vacation Bible School,
Suncook United Methodist Church
http://www.cokesburyvbs.com/beachparty/