Poetry Where You Live

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539017436204616&set=pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1403458170

“God’s Whisper” blog

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

March 7, 2012

Matthew 6:5-14

“Jesus Teaches About Prayer” (NCV)

(including Lord’s Prayer)

Romans 12:12

Ephesians 6:11-18

Sermon 1 of “All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539017212871305&set=pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1403458170.&type=3&permPage=1

Summer Sermon Series on Prayer

children’s message by Ray Foss

opening and welcome by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/sally.drew.35

“God’s Whisper” blog

and sermon, “Stop, Look and Listen”

by Sally Drew

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

June 22, 2014

Wednesday evening worship

Fourth of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Fourth Sunday: Stepping Stone Bead: Journey of Faith

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 15, 2012

Wednesday evening worship

Third of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Third Sunday: Silence

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 1, 2012

Wednesday evening worship

Second of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Second Sunday: Bumpy Bead

1 John 4:7-21

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

January 25, 2012

Wednesday evening worship

start of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

First Sunday: God

Psalm 105:1-6

Isaiah 56:1-8

Acts 17:22-32

poem, “Pied Beauty”,

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

January 11, 2012

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,670+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, January 03, 2016

We cannot make one disciple

They each have free will

we are not in control of their steps;

We can lead them,

we can guide them,

but we cannot change a human heart.

We cannot change any of them

no more than we can end addiction

of a loved one, a neighbor;

We cannot make one disciple

while we walk the earth.

====

extract/ edited January 3, 2015

We cannot make one disciple

edited December 15, 2015

no more than ending addiction – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/no-more-than-ending-addiction-v5.html

(merging edits to original and version 2 and version 4)

edited July 8, 2014

no more than ending addiction – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/no-more-than-ending-addiction-v4.html

(editing original)

edited May 20, 2014

no more than ending addiction – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-ending-addiction-v3.html

May 17, 2014

no more than ending addiction – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-addiction-v2.html

May 17, 2014

no more than ending addiction

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-ending-addiction.html

Edited September 28, 2013

“Love them where you love them – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/love-them-where-you-love-them-v2.html

Edited July 2, 2013

“Love them where you love them – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/love-them-where-you-love-them-v2.html

July 1, 2013

“Love them where you love them”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/love-them-where-you-love-them.html

answer to question and

presentation by Chester (Chet) Birmingham

on addiction and recovery at

Jeremiah’s Corner,

led by Ellen Dickinson

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

July 1, 2013

May 17, 2014

no more than ending addiction

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-ending-addiction.html

May 17, 2014

no more able than Christ

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-able-than-christ.html

May 17, 2014

the truth of the Great Commission

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-truth-of-great-commission.html

May 17, 2014

we can make members

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-can-make-members.html

May 17, 2014

the Big Lie of the Great Commission

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-big-lie-of-great-commission.html

May 17, 2014

disciples by choice

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/disciples-by-choice.html

May 17, 2014

We cannot make disciples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-cannot-make-disciples_17.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-cannot-make-disciples.html

May 17, 2014

God makes disciples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/god-makes-disciples.html

Matthew 28:18-20

Daniel 1

Daniel 2

and Men’s Bible Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

May 4, 2014

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,660+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

like the firmament, the creation – v3

Like the firmament, Creation,

strands of history pulled up

from the waters, from the pages

the Book of Life, written;

The history of the world, of God’s people,

cascading forward, waves

a ripple through time, threads written

until the end of time, the end of the age.

===========

edited December 27, 2015

like the firmament, the creation – v3

(editing original)

edited March 10, 2015

like the firmament, the creation – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/like-firmament-creation-v2.html

March 5, 2015

like the firmament, the creation

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/like-firmament-creation.html

Daniel 7

Chapter 8: “a Prophetic Panorama”

book: Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Spiritual-Secular-Lifeguide-Studies/dp/0830830316

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

November 11, 2014

Daniel 6

Chapter 7: “On the Menu in the Lion’s Den”

book: Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

November 4, 2014

Daniel 5:12b

Daniel 5:10-12

Daniel 5:18-23

Daniel 5:20-24

Daniel 5:1-31

Daniel 5

Chapter 6: “The Handwriting on the Wall”

book: Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

October 26, 2014

Daniel 4:30

Daniel 4

Chapter 5: “Our God Reigns!”

book: Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

October 21, 2014

Daniel 13:28

Revelations 13:13-15

1 Peter 1:7

Daniel 3:24-30

Daniel 3:1-30

fiery furnace

and

Question 8 and Chapter 4 “Bow or Burn!”

of Book:

Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

October 15, 2014

Daniel 2:44-45

Daniel 2:31-49

Daniel 2:1-49

and Chapter 3 of Book:

Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

October 8, 2014

Daniel 1:1-21

and Chapter 1 of Book:

Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)

Spirit Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

October 1, 2014

meanings of their old and new names

http://dedication.www3.50megs.com/dan/belteshazzar.html

Book of Daniel

and Men’s Bible Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

Spring/ Summer 2014

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,440+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

no more than ending addiction – v5

We are called, we are commissioned,

to go and make disciples

to go to the ends of the earth

This is the Great Commission

to the followers of Christ

but no one can make disciples

changing another’s heart;

We can offer a blessing,

sowing seeds of God’s love,

and we can pray for them and their heart;

We cannot make one single disciple

while we walk the earth

We cannot make a stranger

a loved one, our brother

to become a disciple of Christ;

We cannot make one single disciple

while we walk on earth;

They have free will, we are not in control;

We can lead them, we can pray

we can guide them;

but we cannot change a human heart

no more than we can end addiction

of a loved one, a neighbor

we cannot make one single disciple

while we walk the earth

====

edited December 15, 2015

no more than ending addiction – v5

(merging edits to original and version 2 and version 4)

edited July 8, 2014

no more than ending addiction – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/no-more-than-ending-addiction-v4.html

(editing original)

edited May 20, 2014

no more than ending addiction – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-ending-addiction-v3.html

May 17, 2014

no more than ending addiction – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-addiction-v2.html

May 17, 2014

no more than ending addiction

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-ending-addiction.html

Edited September 28, 2013

“Love them where you love them – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/love-them-where-you-love-them-v2.html

Edited July 2, 2013

“Love them where you love them – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/love-them-where-you-love-them-v2.html

July 1, 2013

“Love them where you love them”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/love-them-where-you-love-them.html

answer to question and

presentation by Chester (Chet) Birmingham

on addiction and recovery at

Jeremiah’s Corner,

led by Ellen Dickinson

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

July 1, 2013

May 17, 2014

no more than ending addiction

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-than-ending-addiction.html

May 17, 2014

no more able than Christ

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/no-more-able-than-christ.html

May 17, 2014

the truth of the Great Commission

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-truth-of-great-commission.html

May 17, 2014

we can make members

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-can-make-members.html

May 17, 2014

the Big Lie of the Great Commission

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-big-lie-of-great-commission.html

May 17, 2014

disciples by choice

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/disciples-by-choice.html

May 17, 2014

We cannot make disciples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-cannot-make-disciples_17.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-cannot-make-disciples.html

May 17, 2014

God makes disciples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/god-makes-disciples.html

Matthew 28:18-20

Daniel 1

Daniel 2

and Men’s Bible Study

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

May 4, 2014

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,380+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

In spokes of color

Not a monochrome image

only in black and white;

Nothing so stark

in dividing the light.

There is a spectrum to choose from

a range of bright colors;

but for me not blending, changing

instead discrete lines.

Ambiguity, argument

able to grasp ahold, to choose,

to argue for a single line

as a bicycle tire.

In spokes of color

not fuzzy lines morphing

one to another, set apart;

A method, a path, arguing,

one color or another,

one at a time.

----------------

edited/ renamed October 11, 2015

In spokes of color

(editing original)

edited June 25, 2014

In spokes of lines of color – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/in-spokes-of-lines-of-color-v2.html

March 8, 2012

In spokes of lines of color

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-spokes-of-lines-of-color.html

Wednesday evening worship

Fifth of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Fifth Sunday: Clear and Black Bead: Night and Day

Genesis 1

Psalm 139:11-12

Daniel 2:22

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

March 7, 2012

Matthew 6:5-14

“Jesus Teaches About Prayer” (NCV)

(including Lord’s Prayer)

Romans 12:12

Ephesians 6:11-18

Sermon 1 of “All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539017212871305&set=pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1403458170.&type=3&permPage=1

Summer Sermon Series on Prayer

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539017436204616&set=pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1403458170

children’s message by Ray Foss

opening and welcome by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

https://www.facebook.com/sally.drew.35

“God’s Whisper” blog

and sermon, “Stop, Look and Listen”

by Sally Drew

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

June 22, 2014

Wednesday evening worship

Fourth of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Fourth Sunday: Stepping Stone Bead: Journey of Faith

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 15, 2012

Wednesday evening worship

Third of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Third Sunday: Silence

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 1, 2012

Wednesday evening worship

Second of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Second Sunday: Bumpy Bead

1 John 4:7-21

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

January 25, 2012

Wednesday evening worship

start of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

First Sunday: God

Psalm 105:1-6

Isaiah 56:1-8

Acts 17:22-32

poem, “Pied Beauty”,

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

January 11, 2012

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 39,590+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Friday, October 02, 2015

In slivers of discrete color – v2

Trying to describe

how I saw the world

how I embraced the colors

the shades of gray, the argument,

how I argued as an attorney

not in a continuum, a spectrum,

one wavelength at a time.

Not a monochrome, stagnant,

only in black and white, not really,

nothing so stark in dividing the light

there is a spectrum, I acknowledge,

a range of bright colors to choose from

but for me not blending, changing

arguing one sliver of light.

I saw definite lines,

ambiguity, argument

able to grasp ahold

to argue for a single line

as a spoke on a bicycle wheel

in slivers of discrete color

one wavelength at a time.

Not fuzzy lines morphing

one to another, shades of gray,

a method, a path, choosing,

one or the other, plaintiff or defendant,

able to argue, to advocate,

holding onto one thin sliver,

one shade of color at a time.

----

edited October 2, 2015

In slivers of discrete color – v2

edited June 25, 2014

In slivers of discrete color

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/in-slivers-of-discrete-color.html

edited June 25, 2014

In spokes of lines of color – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/in-spokes-of-lines-of-color-v2.html

March 8, 2012

In spokes of lines of color

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-spokes-of-lines-of-color.html

Wednesday evening worship

Fifth of series on prayer,

inspired by Marcia McFee,

“All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”,

Fifth Sunday: Clear and Black Bead: Night and Day

Genesis 1

Psalm 139:11-12

Daniel 2:22

and meditation

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

March 7, 2012

Matthew 6:5-14

“Jesus Teaches About Prayer” (NCV)

(including Lord’s Prayer)

Romans 12:12

Ephesians 6:11-18

Sermon 1 of “All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539017212871305&set=pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1403458170.&type=3&permPage=1

Summer Sermon Series on Prayer

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539017436204616&set=pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1403458170

children’s message by Ray Foss

opening and welcome by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog