Poetry Where You Live Poetry and photo site with over 1,650 poems and 660 pictures, along with many links. At least 500 of my poems are faith based. Member of United Methodist Church. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 0 0 0 2591

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Winter Pie - by Erica Berberena 2008-02-10 19:02:00 Would you like some winter pie?Then take a cup of the clear cold skies.Stir the fragrance of the treesadd the laughter of the seas.A dash of clouds should sufficeto give the snow a hint of spiceMix with pine needles small and sweettop with fluffy snow and eat!February 10, 2008by Erica Berberena(written after Summer Pie) ...

Summer Pie - by Erica Berberena 2008-02-10 18:55:00 Would you like some summer pie?Then take a cup of clear warm skies.Stir in the coolness of the breeze,add the laughter of the bees.A dash of moon light should sufficeto give the stars a hint of spice.Mix with strawberries small and sweettop with a fluffy cloud and eat!February 10, 2008 4:09pmby Erica Berberena ...

Arms Open Wide 2008-02-10 18:32:00 Since the fall, the beginning,the schism in the garden,our creator, stands like the fatherin the story of the prodigal son.Standing in the wilderness,arms wide open,ready to welcome us homeif we but accept the gift of graceoffered by the Father,through the sacrificeof the SonMore than arms openchased by the spirit,the voice within uscalling us homeFebruary 10, 2008 ...

Chased 2008-02-10 18:24:00 We are pursued, chasedby God’s love,the prevenient grace of the creatortrying desparately,to bring us back to him,the prodigal children of the gardenseparated from him by choices,by the reliance on self, on human abilitymisunderstanding God’s wishto be in relationship with each of usChased our whole lives if need beuntil we accept the gift of GodFebruary 10, 2008Walk to Emmaus ...

One of the Two 2008-02-10 17:52:00 Picturing yourself, one of the twowalking that dusty road, with Christ,exploring your heart, poured out in the confusionthe uncertainty of the resurrection, still brand newto walk with the savior, at his rising from the deadears burning with the truth of his story,the revealed meaning in his life, his ministry,the journey he had traveled.Walking, as one of the two,with our LordA fellow servant,ready to take up the workto spread the good newsto other listeners,to make disciplesFebruary 10, 2008Luke 24:13-35Walk to Emmaus ...

Renewal 2008-02-10 17:49:00 Renewal of my faith, of my beliefsof my trust in the personal relationshipwith the creator, the savior, the spiritbuoying me up, sustaining mefeeling You talking to me, through the words,the fellowship, this communion, this communitythis gathering of disciples, set apartaway from day to day pressures, out separate livesgathered together apart from the worldHearing the message to each of usto each of us where we are in our journeysharing the hope in the grace of Godmanifested in so many waysrevealed to us, in communityFebruary 10, 2008Walk to Emmaus ...

Breaking the Surface 2008-02-10 16:37:00 The canoe paddle,cuts through the surface,the skin of the lake,breaking the water’s surfacestirring the wateras I pull the blade,push the canoe forwardfeel the movement, the cool airthe smell of the disturbed waterthe tug of weeds, of lily pad stemsthe resistance of the wateragainst my muscle, my strainthe stillness in me on the waterthe solitude of the effortin the canoe on the waterFebruary 10, 2008 ...

In the Snowy Woods 2008-02-10 16:22:00 Boots crunching in the soft snowdeep tracks even for young companionstemperature above freezingWalking into the woods, days after snowTracks of animals abound, wild animals,companion animals too, in the wild placein the middle of the cityA world apart in the tranquil woodssnow caught in the lee of the branches,ice clinging to the needles of the pinethe snow on the thin ice, cracked close to shorewater running in brooklets, trickles of waterunder, over, through the snowair cold in the late afternooncrouching, stilling myself,to capture an image, a memoryin the snowy woodsa respite with the girlson a Saturday afternoonFebruary 10, 2008Livingston Park, Manchester, NH ...

A New Adam 2008-02-10 16:01:00 It these tests, these trials,these temptations in the wildernessafter fasting those forty daysJesus began, started, the reconciliationthe joining with God, stitching the breachcaused at the beginning, in the gardenReducing the separation with God, the first-bornof the new covenant, beginning the steps,the journey to humility, to fidelity,to ministry and sacrifice.The journey to the cross, not merely inexorable;a conscious choice, like the bite of the fruit,with a healing differenceFebruary 10, 2008Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7,Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 1:28-31, andthe sermon, “My Brother’s Keeper”,by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,Sanbornville United Methodist Church,Wakefield, NH, 2/10/08and the sermon, “Seeing With New Eyes”,by the Rev. Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH 2/10/08 ...

Accepting Limits 2008-02-10 15:56:00 God said we could do so muchcould walk in the garden,eat of the fruits of all creationsave for one tree, a fateful test.One which we failed, in trying too hardto be like God. Forgetting the creatormade us from clay, breathed life into usmade us special, precious, out of dustWe still have the choice, to use the consequence,the results of that bite, of the forbidden fruitto do good and change creationto make the world more of the heaven on earththat it was at the beginning, in the garden,when we walked with GodFebruary 10, 2008Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7,Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 1:28-31, andthe sermon, “My Brother’s Keeper”,by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,Sanbornville United Methodist Church,Wakefield, NH, 2/10/08and the sermon, “Seeing With New Eyes”,by the Rev. Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH 2/10/08 ...

We are each Precious 2008-02-10 15:52:00 Oh if Adam, if Evehad truly understood the way God saw usfrom the beginning of time,precious creations, each one,very good indeed.Each endowed by the creator,entrusted by the potter,to care for creationto tend the garden,to walk with Him,in the cool of the night.To fellowship with God,set apart.Until the fateful choiceto eat of the tree.February 10, 2008Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7,Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 1:28-31, andthe sermon, “My Brother’s Keeper”,by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,Sanbornville United Methodist Church,Wakefield, NH, 2/10/08and the sermon, “Seeing With New Eyes”,by the Rev. Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH 2/10/08 ...

Very Good 2008-02-10 14:24:00 After the sixth day, the Lord looked on creationthe humans he had created, the man, the womanthose born in His image.Unlike the prior five days of Creation,He said it was very good,not merely good.We were very good, precious, specialstanding apart from the rest of creation.If only we had understood this distinction,and the desire of God for closenesswith His created, what might have been,what might the man, the woman,said to the serpent, the tempter?Would the juice of the forbidden fruit havelingered on the chin, staining history?Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7,Genesis 1:28-31, and the sermon, “Seeing With New Eyes”,by the Rev. Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH 2/10/08 ...

The Verb of Lent 2008-02-10 14:16:00 More than a noun, a period of time,forty days each year, between Ash Wednesday,and the joy of Easter mornLent is a verb, a way of being, of living,of making different choices,when temptation comesWe are to choose, as Christ did,not as Adam, Eve did,when faced with moral choicesTo understand and abide, by the law,the rule, the orders of the creator,the loving God, who called us very goodat the end of creationTo do justice, now that we knowthe difference between good and evil,learned on that fateful dayin the beautiful gardenFebruary 10, 2008Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7,Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 1:28-31, andthe sermon, “My Brother’s Keeper”,by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,Sanbornville United Methodist Church,Wakefield, NH, 2/10/08and the sermon, “Seeing With New Eyes”,by the Rev. Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH 2/10/08 ...

God’s Answer 2008-02-09 10:32:00 God’s will, God’s time, God’s answerto our prayers, to our petitions,that is the hard part, the part where faith matterswhen life becomes difficult, when the struggle continuessometimes for generations, that is the test of faithour lives, of service, of fidelity to God, the Father,the Creator, Sustainer, the one of steadfast loveGod’s answer to our prayers, in the ways of God,not of man, in the ways of the divine, not the humanfor God’s purposes, unknown to usrevealing in ways we cannot comprehendThis is the challenge of faith, in long-term faithin the unknown, the unseen, the unfathomabletrusting in the steadfast love of God, a Godwho sustained the people, who gave us a Savior,to reconcile our sinfulness, who wiped away that stain;a Spirit to support us in our trials;a God who will bring us all home to Himin His time, in His ways, in answers to prayerFebruary 9, 2008 ...

Cross - 2 2008-02-08 17:39:00 Two treesin the naked woodslines highlightedby the white of snowLaying upon each otherhundreds of yardsup the hill fromthe busy highwaylines bending on one anotherbreaking the symmetryof vertical linesrising up the rolling hilltwo lines bendingagainst themselvesa cross in the woodsFebruary 5, 2008 ...