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 2015

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Change 2008-01-07 16:42:00 Change of the outsider,the newcomer, the professorchange of the insider, the old handchange of the advocate, the counselchange of the zealot, the true believerchange of the bureaucrat, the diplomatThese are the choices,one way to identify at leastthe choices tomorrowthe way to see the candidatescrystallizing the choicesWho can make the changeswe craveEntrenched interests waitour decisionlocked inside the BeltwayJanuary 7, 2008on the eve of the NH Primary ...

By a Star Revealed 2008-01-06 21:24:00 By a star was the Lord revealedhis birthplace marked, light shone on the babefrom a star, leading the wise men, the Magion their journey from the Eastto the city of Jesse, the home of David,the place ordained by the prophets,revealing the will of God,unfolding still, through the babefor whom the star shoneso long ago, a king born to usa savior born for us allJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

A Star Led Their Way 2008-01-06 21:20:00 It was his star, that singular moving starlike the pillar of fire, the moving cloud of the exodusa star that moving before them,leading them to the babe, his motherto the birthplace of the kingwhere others could not go;they followed the starto his bed, to pay him homagewith presents worthyfor the babe, the kingJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

Astrologers 2008-01-06 21:17:00 Astrologers, studying the starssuch were the unlikely messengersto the king, the priests, all of Jerusalem;the coming of the savior, the new Mosesrevealed to foreigners, stargazerswise men from the Eastled by a star from its risingthe star of Bethlehemand the son of GodJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

A Frightened King 2008-01-06 21:14:00 A frightened kingtried stealth and then wrathto stop the comingthe birthing of the Messiah,the savior, the coming of the Lord;to thwart the will of GodBut no such weak king,no pawn of Romecould stop the babein the mangerthe humble bornsaviorSometimes God comesin roaring fire;sometimes in hushed whispersand one special epiphanyin an infant born humblyto rule eternityfor his kingdom is not of this worldLet Herod have it.January 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12Matthew 2:13-23 ...

At the Appointed Time 2008-01-06 21:07:00 At the appointed time,the time when God had ordainedEven the son was predestinedfor the steps on the pathSo at that appointed timebefore the betrayalthe bread and the cup were sharedhis words transforming the meal forevermorethe blood, the lamb, the breadall now of the new covenantby his sacrifice and savingJanuary 6, 2008words of Reverend Lori Eldredgeat the beginning of CommunionRejuvenation service,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, January 6, 2008 ...

To Pay Homage 2008-01-06 21:04:00 To pay homage to the king,the Messiah, Emmanuel,the babe in the manger, born of the virginin Bethlehem, city of DavidThey were destined for wonder;he was destined for deathHis plot revealedand escape by angels’ breathin dreams revealedJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

Reluctant Spies 2008-01-06 20:59:00 They were wise men, after all,students of the stars, of the writings,religions, prophesies. They weren’t easily dupedbrought within the schemes, the plansof the frightened kingThey were enlightened, warnedand they acted on the warningto save the kingJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

In Secret They Were Sent 2008-01-06 20:56:00 Magi, astrologers, wise men.They were the outsiders, the unclean foreigners;but he needed spies to find the babyto search out the king, to find his rivalpinpoint his strike, his attack,to cut off the prophesy, to deny GodSo Herod met with the foreignersthe outsiders, to be his unwitting agents;but God had other plansPlans for homage and for safetyfor glory and for the futureJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

He Saw Heaven Open 2008-01-06 20:52:00 Coming up out of the waterout of the River JordanHeaven opened to himHe saw God descendthe spirit descend down upon himThe spirit like a dove,alighting on him bodilyclothed with the spiritcovered by his robe, his caremarked, anointed for his servanthoodhis healing of the riftsealing the brokennessGod reaching down from heavento bless the son, before his journeyto the wilderness, to ministryto the cross, and to gloryJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 3:13:17 ...

To Outsiders Revealed 2008-01-06 20:48:00 Agents of his glory,God has used others, outsidersin the telling of the story of the peoplethe chosen people, who sometimeswere disobedient, who didn’t obey.So to in the story of the birth,it was the shepherds on the third shift,the astrologers from a land far awayIt wasn’t to the king, to the priests,the sons of Levi. The creatorrevealed the birth of the sonto outsiders, foreignersJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

Would We Know Him 2008-01-06 20:43:00 Like Herod, the whole of Jerusalem,the people of the Covenant, the Jews,the chosen ones, the ones he came to savedid not know him, did not believe,or feared that he may be the oneThe disciples too, timid, awkward,unbelieving, failing to understand,to comprehend; stuck in the old beliefsWould we be any better, any different,if he were to walk among usWould we recognize him,as a humble servant,as a mighty king,Would we know him,or would be jail himJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:1-12 ...

Writing Beside Me 2008-01-06 20:30:00 Her pencil writing,beside me, as I write these wordsher haiku forming, no title,just clean simple words,five, seven, five, syllablesin neat rows, quick burstsmoments of wondersitting next to me in churchwriting beside meJanuary 6, 2008Erica and I at the Rejuvenationservice tonight ...

Living Word 2008-01-06 20:26:00 The words of God,his thoughts conjured into beingfrom the dust, the clay, his breaththe law, the prophets; God’s instructions for manborn in the flesh, the living flesh of Christlove and covenant born into the worldincarnate God, gift and sacrificewalking among the people,walking with the grains of sand,living with the stars of the sky,the expanding children of AbrahamThe word, the promises of Godliving with us, our brotherJanuary 6, 2008John 1:1-14 ...

The Long Way Home 2008-01-06 20:22:00 Off the beaten pathaway from the regular routesso was the way taken homethe Magi, protecting the child,protecting themselves,from Herod’s wrathleaving a different wayaway from Jerusalemtaking a longer way hometo save the childJanuary 6, 2008Matthew 2:12Matthew 2:1-12 ...