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 24 2166

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Christmas on the Curb 2008-01-03 15:28:00 Corpses piled up on the curblimbs becoming barein the winter air,shadows of the needles fallen belowon the crystallized snow banksgrayed from the salt,the sand of the cars, the trucksTinsel and icicles,singing in the icy coldA few still sentinelsupright in the snowholding onto Christmaswhile still perched as they werein the warm housesso few days agoJanuary 3, 2008 ...

Lighthouses 2008-01-03 11:33:00 Not just a light for the nations,not just being a lightthe Light shining in the world,in the darkness.Lighthouses, beacons,keeping all safe,away from the shoals,the rocks, the hidden dangersdangers hidden in the fog,the clutter of daily life.Leading those out on the seassafely to shoreto a sheltered harborhome in the arms of our LordJanuary 1, 2008 and January 3, 2008Isaiah 42:1-9, as translated in The Message,contrasting to the translation in theNew Revised Standard Version,(see “A Light to the Nations”) ...

A Light to the Nations 2008-01-03 11:33:00 Clarity in the chaosexample of love, of faith,clear, clean truthso He was; so must we beas his brothers, his sistersHis disciples, followers in the worldAn example, a light in the darknessa message of hope, of love,to the captives, the prisonersthose lost in spiritlost in the darkness of the worldJanuary 1, 2008 and January 3, 2008Isaiah 42:1-9, as translated in theNew Revised Standard Version,contrasting to the translation in The Message(see “Lighthouses”) ...

Another Snow 2008-01-01 11:24:00 More snow, falling by my windowaccumulating on everything out my viewthe oak limbs, the clutches of leaves holding onthe pine needles, bowing to the earththose still holding strong against the weightfor a few minutes longerthe flakes dancing to the grounddriven by the wind,rising up as it nears the houseblowing sideways,building on the land, the cars, the other surfacea white layer once more over the grimethe dirt of the cityenveloped in the snowstormquieting the noise from outsidecoming in the open windowJanuary 1, 2008 ...

His face set on Jerusalem 2007-12-31 16:50:00 After the transfigurationthere was a change in his manneran urgency, impatiencetime was suddenly short, shorterhe had set his face on Jerusalemthe final lessons to tell, the final healingsthe training of the disciplesneeding to be completedHe moved with a purposeknowing his suffering to comehurtling forward to completionof his work here on earthDecember 31, 2007Luke 9:28-36Luke 9:51-19:27Luke 9:51 ...

From Adoration to Flight 2007-12-31 15:29:00 After the Magi, the giftsgold, frankincense, myrrh,a sudden dream, fear, panic,flea, fly, go to the land of Egyptto the home of the pharaohs,the place of your ancestors, imprisonedenslaved, until the exodus,the freedom flightthe parting, the crossing of the Seathe flight led by MosesSo too would the people be made freeby the babe in his mother’s armstaken up to Egyptuntil the king was no moreDecember 31, 2007Matthew 2:13-23based on sermon,“Homecoming”, bythe Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, 12/30/07 ...

Saved by Stealth 2007-12-31 15:22:00 Deliverers of the peopleeach both under a death threata dream and a basketinto the land of Egyptadrift and homelessat the mercy of the dust, the riverthe kindness in the foreign landthe saviors of the peoplesaved by stealthto lead the peopleto freedomDecember 31, 2007Matthew 2:13-23based on sermon,“Homecoming”, bythe Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, 12/30/07and Exodus 2:1-5 ...

A Massacre 2007-12-31 15:18:00 It was a slaughterall those of an ageall under two years oldput to deathto assuage the fears of the kingto rest his troubled mindto give him peacefrom a future foretold in scripturefor the people of the bookthe nation of covenantthe people of the wordHe was readyto follow the model of Pharaohand kill the childrento save him from the kingborn in the mangerDecember 31, 2007Matthew 2:13-23based on sermon,“Homecoming”, bythe Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, 12/30/07and Exodus 1:8-22 ...

At the King’s Command 2007-12-31 15:12:00 At the king’s commanda massacre of infantsof innocentsThe innocent paying the pricefor the king’s fear, hatredFear of the babe born in the mangerthe one visited by Magiwise men from the EastFear of the one foretold in the Prophetsthe one who would come from Jesse’s rootwould come to reclaim IsraelAt the king’s commandthe order was carried out;but the one escapedby the angel’s wordsin the dream of his fatherDecember 31, 2007Matthew 2:13-23based on sermon,“Homecoming”, bythe Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, 12/30/07 ...

Like Children 2007-12-31 14:43:00 In the synoptic gospels,we are told, by the savior,the first bornof the resurrection,the first in the kingdomof human birththat we are to be like childrenlike children not of our age, perhaps;but like the lowly status,the children of his age,of the world todayunlike our worldchildren, not merely innocent,not humble alone,the last, the least, the throw-away,the lost, the ones left behindthrown into the trash heapleft to die, if the wrong typeor food is shortPut ourselves into their stationtheir position, not merely servantsclinging to life itself,precarious.How much harderthose words wereto the first listeners,disciples trying to learn,to understand new lessonswithin the context of their livesthe teachings of oldDecember 31, 2007Matthew 18:1-4Matthew 19:13-15Luke 9:46-48 ... Children

Refugee 2007-12-31 14:23:00 After the stable birththe visit of the Magithe king was a refugeea stealthy run for foreign landaway from the land of his peoplehidden in Egyptto avoid the slaughterthe rage of the Kingthe fear of the Kinga refugeewithout a homein a landwhere the peoplehad been slavesRunning for his lifeto the land of the pharaohsto avoid the pawnof the EmperorDecember 31, 2007Matthew 2:13-23based on sermon,“Homecoming”, bythe Reverend Lori Eldredge,Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH, 12/30/07 ...

A Peasant King 2007-12-31 13:54:00 The first will be lastThe first a peasant kinghomeless, without a placeto lay his headWithout a bed for his birtha feed trough a cradlelast, like a young childunwanted and a burdenan outcast, pennilesswithout career or homea model of serviceof sacrifice, that is his richesa peasant kingsuch is our saviorand it is himwhom we must emulateDecember 31, 2007 ...

"The Age of Innocence", a sermon by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, Sanbornville United Methodist Church, Wakefield, NH 12/30/07 2007-12-31 07:33:00 Matthew 2:13-23Hebrews 2:10-18 When I read the scripture from Matthew… I was really struck by verses 16 to 18. The verses read “16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”” Herod was infuriated… and the children… the innocents… were killed. And this is not the only death sentence that Herod was responsible for. He killed anyone who got in his way… who he thought was a rival…this even included his wife and three of his sons. Herod even had John the Baptist put in prison and eventually beheaded because John disagreed with Herod’s marriage ...

Tempted 2007-12-27 19:11:00 The final verse of the readingthe lesson for the HebrewsJesus was temptedOther tellingsof the same lessonsay he was testedAn interesting differencethesaurus needed for the nuancethe related meaning; but a difference toofor he was tempted by the deviltested by life’s travailsto be the worthy sacrifice,the humble servant kingthe anointed priestall while fully humantested, tempted as we arein trying, fitfully,doing the Father’s willDecember 27, 2007Hebrews 2:10-18(NIV) ...

Tested 2007-12-27 19:06:00 His life a testmore than our ownit would seemtested as a humanin our bodily formbut faithful where we are notliving the law and the prophetsfulfilling the scriptureplaying out his role,known from the beginningbut followed none the lesshis will as God’s willhumbly bowing to the LordDecember 27, 2007Hebrews 2:10-18NRSV ...