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 4 1972

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The Holy Catholic Church 2007-10-17 12:34:00 One church, universal, inclusiveand loving, even when we try to separateand judge one another.I believe in the catholic churchand our place in the one body,the one home to all believerswithin the arms of the Sonnot the walls of a churchOctober 17, 2007 1:29pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth 2007-10-17 12:28:00 All powerful, above all, the one from the beginningbefore the beginning of time, ever present, to the end of the ageThis is the God in which I believe, in which I give my life,in whom I trust. The Almighty God of Moses, of the rainbow,of the trials of the forgetful people, saving us when we failThe source of life, the breath of life, who parted the waterand made dry land, and all that is on the face of the earthIn His hands I am clay, and to Him I bowOctober 17, 2007 1:27pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

At the Right Hand of God 2007-10-17 12:23:00 The Son, the holy Wordseated at the right handof the Father, the CreatorA way of understandingthe relationship, the single entitythe being that is God,to the extent there is a sense of a body at allFor we only see that which our eyes seethat which we can quantify, touch, experienceSo much more beyond thatbeyond human understanding,so easy to understand that idea,because of the new discoveries of science each daySeated at the right hand,the favored seat, of the family businessWhat better advocatethan the one who walked to the skullclimbed the crossto atone for our stainOctober 17, 2007 1:23pmpart of the Apostle's Creed ...

Seated at the Right Hand 2007-10-17 12:19:00 I can picture the temple of the Lordthe home of God and his courtsto see the throne of God, to touch the hem of His robeto talk with the Son, my brother,my savior, seated at the right hand of the Father,to thank him directly for the awesome giftof His sacrifice. Oh, if only I have that chanceto kneel and praise His nameface to faceOctober 17, 2007 1:18pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

Conceived of the Holy Spirit Born of the Virgin Mary 2007-10-17 12:08:00 The sublime mystery of faiththe one way He could have come into the worldto be wholly human, truly divinethe Word made flesh, by the Spiritdwelling as man, saving by being Goda vessel broken, the lifeblood spiltFulfilled through the meansof his holy birthOctober 17, 2007part of the Apostle’s Creed ...

Sterilizing 2007-10-17 12:04:00 Source, Word andHoly SpiritThree things, dry, lifeless words; butMeaningful words, of faithtrying to explain the wholenessof the one that is called God,the three in one, by what they arethe Source of life,the Word made fleshthe Holy Spirit living within usall boiled down essenceof the persons that makethe person of GodOctober 17, 2007 1:03pm ...

Jesus Christ His Only Son Our Lord 2007-10-17 11:58:00 Jesus of Nazareth, is the Christ, the Messiahthe one Son of God, the incarnation of the one Godthe image of God made man, the love of God,the Word of God given breath.In Him there is all hope, all faithall love of God, in the words of the law, the prophetsall the words, given meaningin human form; but fully GodOctober 17, 2007 12:57pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

I Believe in God the Father 2007-10-17 11:53:00 He is the creator, the eternal fatherthe one there at the beginning, before the beginningthe one there who stilled the chaos,who conjured the world and all that are in itwho saved the people, over and over againwho made the rainbow and the covenantwho is there, the Godhead,the king of all kings,lord of all, for all timeloving, supporting, savingall of us,waiting, with gracefor us to approach His throneOctober 17, 2007 12:52pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

Suffered under Pontius Pilate 2007-10-17 11:44:00 The human Christ, the king on eartha servant, a sacrifice, afterthe transfiguration on the mountainsidethe prayers in the Gardenthe cup to his lips,falling under the authorityof the empire,the instrument of our savingsuffering under the handsof leaders, of their agentsin the holy landsA week after the paradethe palms, riding the donkey,the pain and humiliationof the crown and the crossOctober 17, 2007 12:43pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

Functionalizing 2007-10-17 11:29:00 Creator, Redeemer, SustainerNames of the Trinityavoiding the patronymicthe male languagethat separates many from Godthe loaded languageBut losing somethingin the translation in namingthe roles of the one GodFor God needs the personalizationthe relation of human formsof images we can relate to;but without the formalismthe distance ofthe male faces of Godto see the richnessin the way God relates to usand to the Creationfrom the beginning of timeto the present momentwhere the Spirit livesand actsthrough usOctober 17, 2007 12:28pm ...

Crucified 2007-10-17 11:21:00 The fact, the truth, the certaintyof the pain, the shame, the depthof the cross, the crucifixionof our Lord. His deathfor our sins. The Lambon the cross, not the thronedead, limp, hanging on a treeDarkness, His blood rent from the fleshOctober 17, 2007 12:20pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

On the Third Day 2007-10-17 11:17:00 After darkness, confusion, losswe arise, He aroseon the third dayThe morning when Deathlost its stingNo longer the irreversible truththe end of lifeHe aroseon the third dayAnd That is what mattersFor in His risingWe ariseOctober 17, 2007 12:17part of the Apostle’s Creed ...

He Will Come Again 2007-10-17 11:13:00 The fulfillment of the scriptureis not yet donefor He will come againThat is the promise, the hopefor us allThat He will come againand finish the work He began,that we continueuntil all are able, reconciledto God, if we believeOctober 17, 2007 12:12pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

He Will Come Again 2007-10-17 11:13:00 The fulfillment of the scriptureis not yet donefor He will come againThat is the promise, the hopefor us allThat He will come againand finish the work He began,that we continueuntil all are able, reconciledto God, if we believeOctober 17, 2007 12:12pmpart of the Apostle’s Creed ...

Paternalizing 2007-10-17 11:11:00 Father, Son, Holy Ghost,Three Guys, for many, three white guys,sitting in judgment, patriarchs with beards,flowing beards, without a recognitionan understanding, of the limits of our vocabularymaleness of the nomenclature, the naming of Godmissing the richness of the creator, the sustainer,the redeemer, in the language of the malenessof our names for GodGod is, not merely Father,a single sexual organism,for if God was,why would there be man and womanboth in the image of GodWe are so far from Godwe cannot understandhow to describe GodWe need three images of God;but that is too limiting,in the face of the vastness,the unimaginable vastnessof GodOctober 17, 2007 12:10pm ...