Friday, May 08, 2020

spreading hope in crisis

we must share peace, mercy
spreading hope in crisis
encouraging others
in the midst of the storm.

we must share our hope
in this chaos, the pandemic
all of us need encouragement
the assurance of God.

May 8, 2020
spreading hope in crisis

Psalm 33



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Hope in the end-times

#Hope in the end times
sure of our future
all of this a breath
a phantom, a nothing
unimportant truly
a field to be crossed.

Hope in the end times
no matter the present
holding onto the promises
of #God, of the Father.
Sure of our future
the second-coming of #Jesus;
Hope for eternity
in the courts of God.

May 8, 2020
Hope in the end-times

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Sunday, May 03, 2020

pearls captured


pulled by gravity
forces of nature
pearls captured
from heaven above

dew of heaven
moving closer
gathered together
jewels of love


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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

we can move out

we can leave
we can move out
we are not stuck
in #fear, #scarcity,
we have a choice

#God's love binds us
His love transforms us
we are reborn
new creations
to be light and love

5/3/20
Sermon by Pastor Ruth Foss
Followers of the Way 

#COVIDー19 #poem #poetry #FollowersoftheWay @PastorRuthFoss #sermon #Church

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lead us out of scarcity (Scare City)

lead us out of scarcity
our vision limited
show us the world
the abundance of your love

break our chains
our self-inflicted prisons
free us to love
as we are loved by the Father

5/3/20
Followers of the Way

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healed into His presence

walking with our Maker
a journey of promise
healed into His presence
the loving arms of God
hope within the sanctuary
abiding under your wings
held within the loving arms
of our Father God


5/2/2020
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/permalink/2925817274165817/
Psalm 73:17
Psalm 73:21-28
Hebrews 11:1

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our sanctuary


set apart in a moment
cloistered from the world
our sanctuary, our refuge
communing with our Creator
finding space for God;
sitting quietly, in the presence,
with our first love
our Father God

5/3/2020
our sanctuary

8AM Live yesterday morning
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/permalink/2925817274165817/
Psalm 73:17
Psalm 73:21-28
Hebrews 11:1

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Friday, May 01, 2020

translucent leaves


after the snowfall, melt,
phantoms of autumn
translucent leaves
in the wet spring woods

translucent leaves
almost transparent
clinging to the branches
before the buds burst


#poem #poetry #nature #Spring #woods #Maine

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Monday, April 27, 2020

a word of hope

a word of hope
to raise up the morning
to offer peace
in the midst of dis-ease

a word of hope
light in this darkness
to put oil on the waters
calm in the storms

 https://t.co/4YWMnziUv8 #COVID19 #coronavirus
#COVIDー19
#hope #poem #poetry

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tear down the walls

tear down the walls
our self-made prisons
seeing only ourselves
not God's perfect vision

tear down the walls
barriers to our futures
believe in the promise
of our risen Lord and Savior

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open the doors of our prisons

self-made walls
higher and higher
fear, paralysis
stifling dreams

open the doors of our prisons
tear down the walls
chart a way forward
to abundance untold

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Sunday, April 26, 2020

#Followers of the Way - #worship #video #church

https://www.facebook.com/groups/343150586366899/permalink/530010501014239/

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gather the other sheep


light, love, a future
a good, good shepherd
offering love
to the sheep, the others

gather the other sheep
those who are still lost

enter into the gate
increase His kingdom, His flock
follow the way of the Savior
the Son of our Father
oh gather the other sheep
to the ends of the earth

#psalm23 #John10 #goodshepherd @PastorRuthFoss
#coronavirus #COVID #God #Christ
https://t.co/yZZ6sl2NPz


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Monday, April 20, 2020

calm their storms - v2

calm their storms, their disquiet,
their chaos, their struggles;
spread oil on the waters
offer them faith, comfort
hope for tomorrow

bring them love
of God, of the Father;
share your trust
in God's promise,
in the return of Jesus

#COVID19 #coronavirus

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

calm their storms

spread oil on the waters
calm their storms
their chaos, their struggles
offer them faith, comfort
hope for tomorrow

bring them love
of God, of the Father,
share your trust
in God's promise,
in the return of Jesus


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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

fear and uncertainty

fear and uncertainty
at this time, in this moment
in the midst of the pandemic
no past, no future,
frozen in this present
quarantined, unsure
a time of indecision
unease in our spirits
in our homes, our nation.

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Monday, April 13, 2020

a whisper, a word - v2

did you hear the rumor
a whisper, a word,
a breath of condemnation
an epithet spit
today's new scarlet letter

"truth" shared, hushed,
speaking a curse,
a diagnosis, gossip,
carrying the mark
of the coronavirus.

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

a whisper, a word

a whisper, a word,
a breath of condemnation
an epithet spit
a new scarlet letter...

speaking a curse
a diagnosis, gossip,
carrying the mark
of the coronavirus.


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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Coronavirus, gossip, poem, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, scarlet  letter, curse, judgement, covid-19,

Monday, April 06, 2020

Katahdin, Mount Katahdin 7:06 to 8:00am Bradford Rise and Ash Hill, Patten, Maine




















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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,700+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Sunday, April 05, 2020

1st sermon - Scarcity - part 1 - Pastor Ruth Foss, Followers of the Way

https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10220815933135836/


earlier announcement of page - https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-online-church-followers-of-way-live.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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

believe, Christ, church, disciple, Followers of the Way, God, grace, hope, Jesus Christ, love, ministry, Pastor Ruth Foss, poem, poetry, spirit, the way 


#faith #believe #Christ #disciple #FollowersoftheWay #God #grace #hope #JesusChrist #love #ministry @PastorRuthFoss #poem #poetry #theway #PalmSunday #PalmSunday2020

new online church - Followers of the Way - live Sundays at 9:30am EDT

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https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1246787651681824768

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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

believe, Christ, church, disciple, Followers of the Way, God, grace, hope, Jesus Christ, love, ministry, Pastor Ruth Foss, poem, poetry, spirit, the way 


#faith #believe #Christ #disciple #FollowersoftheWay #God #grace #hope #JesusChrist #love #ministry @PastorRuthFoss #poem #poetry #theway #PalmSunday #PalmSunday2020

don’t speak darkness

don’t speak darkness
don’t give it power;
hold fast to your beliefs
truth within your soul

don’t give in to chaos
darkness swirling around us;
hold fast to your fortress,
our risen Savior and Lord

---------------------   
April 5, 2020
8AM Live
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&

edited April 5, 2020
infuse us with positive energy – v2
edited April 5, 2020
infuse us with positive energy
April 5, 2020
infuse us with the positive energy
posted to Twitter
April 3, 2020
edited/ expanded to post as poem to blog
edited/ posted to Twitter 4/5/2020
written in response to post by Theresa Stonewalker Chick
in group A Time for World Wide Healing
March 31, 2020
“Let's get the biggest and diversified pray chain going for this crap
we are dealing with. I am not even gonna say its name.
As I will not give it anymore power.
Leave a prayer here for Mother Earth and her people.”
link to my response
March 31, 2020
“infuse us with the positive energy of the earth itself.
give us the peace of an untrammeled clear night sky”
&

March 30, 2020
God pursues me
posted as reply to Marco Rubio post:
March 30, 2020
Marco Rubio Twitter post
“Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD for endless days.
Psalms 23:6”
my response:
“The image of #God's #Goodness and God's #Mercy personified
and pursuing us, God's #prevenient #grace coming for us,
is so exciting a thought. God is like the prodigal father searching
for us to come home. such a powerful verse of scripture.
Amen. #Psalm23:6”
&
edited March 30, 2020
live at peace – v2
March 30, 2020
live at peace
March 30, 2020
8AM Live
Romans 12:18
"If it be possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men." 
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
March 29, 2020
8AM Live
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&

edited March 29, 2020
watch over us Lord – v2
March 23, 2020
watch over us Lord
March 23, 2020
Lord, keep us safe
edited March 23, 2020
draw us to You
March 23, 2020
a prayer in this crisis
&


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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 52,700+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Faith, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, love, pray, prayer, America, poem, poetry, outbreak, Coronavirus, Corona Virus, COVID19, pandemic, crisis, emergency, social distancing, COVID-19,

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Coronavirus, COVID-19, earth, father, Great Spirit, hope, mother, Mother Earth, pandemic, peace, poem, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, prayer, Spirit God, stars


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don’t speak the darkness

don’t speak the darkness
don’t give it power;
hold fast to your beliefs
your truth within your soul

don’t give in to the chaos
the darkness swirling around us;
hold fast to your fortress,
our risen Savior and Lord 

---------------------   

edited April 5, 2020
infuse us with positive energy – v2
edited April 5, 2020
infuse us with positive energy
April 5, 2020
infuse us with the positive energy
posted to Twitter
April 3, 2020
edited/ expanded to post as poem to blog
edited/ posted to Twitter 4/5/2020
written in response to post by Theresa Stonewalker Chick
in group A Time for World Wide Healing
March 31, 2020
“Let's get the biggest and diversified pray chain going for this crap
we are dealing with. I am not even gonna say its name.
As I will not give it anymore power.
Leave a prayer here for Mother Earth and her people.”
link to my response
March 31, 2020
“infuse us with the positive energy of the earth itself.
give us the peace of an untrammeled clear night sky”
&

March 30, 2020
God pursues me
posted as reply to Marco Rubio post:
March 30, 2020
Marco Rubio Twitter post
“Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD for endless days.
Psalms 23:6”
my response:
“The image of #God's #Goodness and God's #Mercy personified
and pursuing us, God's #prevenient #grace coming for us,
is so exciting a thought. God is like the prodigal father searching
for us to come home. such a powerful verse of scripture.
Amen. #Psalm23:6”
&
edited March 30, 2020
live at peace – v2
March 30, 2020
live at peace
March 30, 2020
8AM Live
Romans 12:18
"If it be possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men." 
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
March 29, 2020
8AM Live
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&

edited March 29, 2020
watch over us Lord – v2
March 23, 2020
watch over us Lord
March 23, 2020
Lord, keep us safe
edited March 23, 2020
draw us to You
March 23, 2020
a prayer in this crisis
&


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 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 52,700+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Coronavirus, COVID-19, earth, father, Great Spirit, hope, mother, Mother Earth, pandemic, peace, poem, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, prayer, Spirit God, stars


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