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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Seminary 2007-10-24 11:27:00 He was their seminarytheir rigorous, personalize trainingmore than apprentices,they were getting the first-person accountof the greatest story ever toldthree years of following Jesuswalking with Him, as He livedfully man and fully divineMore than a rabbi, a teacher,though he was thaton the job training and walking in the footstepsbeside the foot falls of the saviorseeing Him in action, in love, in certaintyof His mission, His ministryHis servanthood,even to the cross and the gravewitnesses, participantsdisciples, and studentsa three year seminaryunlike any otherOctober 24, 2007 12:26 ...

Studying the Word 2007-10-24 11:22:00 The apostles at His feet,learning from God, directlyStudying with, under Jesus,while he lived, walked with themHearing His message, His story,woven with the law, the prophets,the writings of oldLearning the nuance of the ancient lawthe words made flesh, speaking to themuncovering, unraveling the mysteriesif only they could hear them,only understand,in more than fleeting momentsthe power of His word, spoken to themThey were like students, studying the WordBut they were lucky,the Word spoke to themdirectly, face to face, in personOctober 24, 2007 12:21pm ...

Praying for His Voice 2007-10-24 07:56:00 Lord, in my hearing, let me hear His voicerising up through the words of my brothersspeaking, sharing, testifying to me;but let it be Your voice oh Lordlet Your truth, Your love warm me, guide menurture me in my infancy, help me growin You, in their words, let them rekindle in methe spark of Your grace burning in meLet me hear your message in the wordsgiven by grace to me earsOctober 24, 2007 8:55am ...

God Breathed 2007-10-24 06:37:00 Before Christ lived on the earthGod breathed and the Word was bornthe Word of God breathed into lifejust as His breath gave us lifeHoly scripture, the instruction manual,the mystery, the history, the teachingsthe prophesy, all there created by Godthe hand of man merely the amanuensisthe writing hand of that which already existedwhen God breathed the Word into beingOctober 24, 2007based on the sermon by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,October 21, 2007, Wesley United Methodist Church,Concord, NH ...

Prayers for a Change in My Heart 2007-10-24 06:27:00 Over and over, I knelt, fell to my knees,gave myself to You, Lordtears pouring from my eyes,shaking with Your Spiritimmersed in Your love this weekendwalking with other pilgrims, with saintswho had gone before mewalking with You, studying at Your feethearing Your words, directed to mefrom their mouths, from the Wordin their hands, in their hearts, from their lipsPrayers for a further change in my heartto let go and believe, to act more fullyto be guided by You, to glorify Youin all that I say, all that I do, all that I amOctober 24, 2007 7:26am ...

Prayers for Our Hearing 2007-10-23 14:27:00 Wanting to meet You in the wordsshared among us; to meet you on the roadon the pilgrimage we were walkingthe journey lighter for the sharinghappy feet, walking the same roadjoining those who had gone beforehearing a call, and setting out on the wayfollowing, walking with, Our Savioron the road, into the futureOctober 23, 2007 3:25pm ...

Like a White Hot Coal 2007-10-23 14:23:00 You were burning within mepouring over me, wave after waveof joy, of repentance, of graceheaped on me, filling me wholeOh I am so glad You made us expandablenot rigid, able to be stretched, to growyearn for me, to know you betterto experience more of the graceall around, to drink in Your Word,the wisdom, the sharing, the communionwalking together on the roadwhere you led, so long agoBurning white hot within mewanting to spread the joywelling up within me,to bring more to you,through the words you give mewanting to spread the good newsaround the worldone poem at a timeOctober 23, 2007 3:22 ...

Where Is Your Bucket 2007-10-23 14:12:00 I remember so clearly,the woman at the wellchallenging the Onewith immediate questions,thinking in the now,what she wanted, asked forwas ephemeral, fleeting,would evaporate, literallyHe offered more, so much morebut she could not seeno more than the Pharisees, the scribesthose versed in the lawHe was new wine, she was an old skinand all she wantedwas the bucket, the drinkof plain waterOctober 23, 2007 3:11pmThe Samaritan Woman at the well ...

Seeing the Invisible 2007-10-23 14:02:00 The wind gave an abject lesson this afternoonof the parables, the means of grace,all around us, if we but seethe invisible is made known, edifiedin the commonplace, all aroundWe are blessed with tangible reminderslittle things that connect us,to the invisible, the unknowablethat beyond our imaginationbecause grace is all aroundwaiting for us to noticereach out and touch itbring it into our beingand be changed by the invisibleOctober 23, 2007 3:01pm ...

Authentic Prayer - sermon by Ray Foss for Basic Lay Speaker class, September 29, 2007, Warren United Methodist Church 2007-10-23 13:56:00 The passage from 1st Timothy 2:1-7, is a rich piece of scripture, because it speaks of the need to pray, so as to be at peace with the world, a holy peace so as to go on to make disciples, as we are all called in the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-19, disciples of the one true God, who loved us enough to sacrifice his son.As Paul himself said in 1 Timothy 1:15, when he was still Saul, he had persecuted the followers of Christ. Now he himself knew the struggle of spreading the Good News throughout the Middle East and beyond.Like the Attorney in Luke 10:25-37, Paul had tried to live the pious life Jews were called to in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 (to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself); but it was only the saving grace of Jesus Christ who gave him the tools to be the Good Neighbor, to bring the balm, the healing of Christ, to the Gentiles.But what of Timothy the young pastor in Ephesus, the recipient of these instructions, these teachings? We know quite a bit abou ...

Baptism of the Holy Spirit 2007-10-23 13:23:00 Would that each of uswould feel the power, that epiphanythat moment with flameson that day of PentecostBut with fire or with water,the flame burns brightlydeep withinfor those who believe,and put their feet to their faithand act as they proclaimserving their neighborsharing the good news of graceto a world in need of graceOctober 23, 2007 2:22pm ...

Their Hands on the Cross 2007-10-23 13:15:00 With eyes on the prize, the giftshearts in the right place,and their hands on the crosswe met the son, our brother,Jesus walked with us,spoke to us, encouraged us,cried and laughed with ussharing our days in the fellowshipthe communion of our faithin song, in praise, in prayer,and in living worshiprecommitting our livesto Him, confession and proclaimingHis love in our wordsour actions, our tearsOctober 23, 2007 2:14pm ...

Intertwined Roots 2007-10-23 13:10:00 Like giant redwoods, with interlocked rootswe are held up, against the windsby the community of faith, our brothersour sisters, our family of saintsin communion with the saintswe stand upand can change the worldOctober 23, 2007 14:09 ...

Means of Grace 2007-10-23 13:06:00 We are blind, too oftento the means of gracethe ways God makes himselfvisible to us, in the current agein this slice of earthwe call homeWe are blind, to the moments of graceto those treasures, those jewelshanging in plain sightwaiting for our joyfor our presenceto see them,experiencethe cornucopiathe means of graceare all around usOctober 23, 2007 14:05 ...

Obstacles to Grace 2007-10-23 04:45:00 Alienation is our separation from God and ManLoving ourselves more than GodIgnoring God’s call for our livesEnvy, or pride, or falsehoodNeglecting our relationship with GodAddiction or abuse of any kindTreating others as we would never wish to be treatedIdolizing anything but GodObsession with material thingsNot being able to forgive ourselves or othersAlienationOctober 20, 2007 ...