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Your Sun
Looking out my office windowcold clear December morningsnow, ice, still covering some of the lawnacross the yard, to the...
Looking out my office windowcold clear December morningsnow, ice, still covering some of the lawnacross the yard, to the...
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Copenhagen Climate Conference
My prayer is that real progress can be made.
My prayer is that real progress can be made.
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Tended with Love
As if a garden, our livesthe joy, love, relationshipconnection with God, our families,our friends, neighbors, even...
As if a garden, our livesthe joy, love, relationshipconnection with God, our families,our friends, neighbors, even...
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He Will Restore
The work of the potternever fully donegoing in to be reformedrestored, over the days of our livesworking out our...
The work of the potternever fully donegoing in to be reformedrestored, over the days of our livesworking out our...
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The Potter and the Clay
From the dust, the earthliving waters, a wet lump of clayspinning on the potter’s wheela shapeless form, inertGiven breath,...
From the dust, the earthliving waters, a wet lump of clayspinning on the potter’s wheela shapeless form, inertGiven breath,...
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Working the Imperfections
Lovingly, working the imperfectionsthe bubbles, the things that don’t belongrefining, moldings, changingstarting anew, the...
Lovingly, working the imperfectionsthe bubbles, the things that don’t belongrefining, moldings, changingstarting anew, the...
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Coaxed from the Clay
our beings, not just our formscoaxed from the clay,by the hands of the potterthe breath of God alivespirit given and the stuff...
our beings, not just our formscoaxed from the clay,by the hands of the potterthe breath of God alivespirit given and the stuff...
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The Hands of God
What the hands of God beto craft the wings of butterflies, the gossamer of cloudsthe clay of human lifeall about to be...
What the hands of God beto craft the wings of butterflies, the gossamer of cloudsthe clay of human lifeall about to be...
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Sermon - "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", by Pastor Ruth L. Foss, Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH 11/29/09
Ruth FossSuncook United Methodist ChurchNovember 29, 2009Isaiah 2:1-4 ESV BibleThe Lord be with youAnd also with youLet us...
Ruth FossSuncook United Methodist ChurchNovember 29, 2009Isaiah 2:1-4 ESV BibleThe Lord be with youAnd also with youLet us...
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Spoke Time Into Existence
God, by his will, by his voicecreating lightinto the darknessbeginning, day, nightbound by God’s wordthe waters separated,the...
God, by his will, by his voicecreating lightinto the darknessbeginning, day, nightbound by God’s wordthe waters separated,the...
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Link to NRCAT's Agenda for 2009 and list of accomplishments (received via email 11/30/09)
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your efforts over the past few years. You've helped us halt the use of torture in detainee...
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your efforts over the past few years. You've helped us halt the use of torture in detainee...
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Prophecy Fulfilled
Proclaiming, filled with the holy spiritthe prophecy fulfilledChrist, the Messiah cometo save us, to fulfill the promisethe...
Proclaiming, filled with the holy spiritthe prophecy fulfilledChrist, the Messiah cometo save us, to fulfill the promisethe...
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Given us a Savior
Not sometime in the futurenot a prophesy of another timeZechariah speaking, filled with the spiritfor God has given us a...
Not sometime in the futurenot a prophesy of another timeZechariah speaking, filled with the spiritfor God has given us a...
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Loving Us
God, prophesy completeloving us, even when we doubteven when we turn from his waysgiving us his sonto guide us back to...
God, prophesy completeloving us, even when we doubteven when we turn from his waysgiving us his sonto guide us back to...
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His Promise Alive
the words of Godthe covenants of oldwritten in the prophetsthe words of scriptureHis promise aliveheralded into the worldby the...
the words of Godthe covenants of oldwritten in the prophetsthe words of scriptureHis promise aliveheralded into the worldby the...
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given Voice
the mute given voiceready to speak, to prophesyto the one who was to comecome now, into the worldfulfilling the promise of...
the mute given voiceready to speak, to prophesyto the one who was to comecome now, into the worldfulfilling the promise of...
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Filled
Given voice, filled with the Spiritafter months with no ability to speakproclaiming the son of Godcome to save the earthhis son...
Given voice, filled with the Spiritafter months with no ability to speakproclaiming the son of Godcome to save the earthhis son...
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Prophesied about his Son
In the instant, his silence removedpraising Godfor the fulfillment of the wordthe son of Godcome to earthin the naming of his...
In the instant, his silence removedpraising Godfor the fulfillment of the wordthe son of Godcome to earthin the naming of his...
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Before He was Born
The Priest prophesiedwhile He was yet in the womb,the king of kingsthe Messiah already comecome into the world to saveout of...
The Priest prophesiedwhile He was yet in the womb,the king of kingsthe Messiah already comecome into the world to saveout of...
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Messengers – haiku – 2
harbingers, heraldsspeaking the truth of God’s lovehis word for peopleNovember 30, 2009Upper Room Disciplines for...
harbingers, heraldsspeaking the truth of God’s lovehis word for peopleNovember 30, 2009Upper Room Disciplines for...
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Messengers – haiku - 1
the heralds of Godmessengers sent from heavenprophets of the wordNovember 30, 2009Upper Room Disciplines for...
the heralds of Godmessengers sent from heavenprophets of the wordNovember 30, 2009Upper Room Disciplines for...
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Zechariah
Entering the holy of holiesthe priest struck dumb by his disbeliefgiven voice upon his birtha messenger, a prophet of...
Entering the holy of holiesthe priest struck dumb by his disbeliefgiven voice upon his birtha messenger, a prophet of...
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The future come and to come again
Zechariah’s prayer, his prophesyfilled with the holy spiritthe Christ, the Messiah, the wordforetold, coming into the...
Zechariah’s prayer, his prophesyfilled with the holy spiritthe Christ, the Messiah, the wordforetold, coming into the...
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In His Coming
in the prophesy fulfilledthe coming of the Christfinal victory, the return assuredthe words of scriptureof prophesy telling of...
in the prophesy fulfilledthe coming of the Christfinal victory, the return assuredthe words of scriptureof prophesy telling of...
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Sacrificial Giving
to understand the givingChrist coming into the worldchoosing the crossnot a throne made of goldlooking to the widowher meager...
to understand the givingChrist coming into the worldchoosing the crossnot a throne made of goldlooking to the widowher meager...
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Spending equals Love
The lie of Christmasthe ways of this earththat spending equals lovedisproved by his humble birthThe king, our saviorborn in a...
The lie of Christmasthe ways of this earththat spending equals lovedisproved by his humble birthThe king, our saviorborn in a...
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Seeing Advent
Not the sales, the glitter, things we call Christmas; not Santa and his sleighSeeing Advent anew,so did she humbly prayCalling...
Not the sales, the glitter, things we call Christmas; not Santa and his sleighSeeing Advent anew,so did she humbly prayCalling...
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Busy
We are busywhen we should be waitingexpectantly, activelywaiting for the kingOur lives hecticno time to waitthe list growingwe...
We are busywhen we should be waitingexpectantly, activelywaiting for the kingOur lives hecticno time to waitthe list growingwe...
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While the World Failed to Notice
While the world failed to noticethe king, our savior, born, placed in a manger bedno room for his parents in the innforeigner,...
While the world failed to noticethe king, our savior, born, placed in a manger bedno room for his parents in the innforeigner,...
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Hanging the Symbols
images, little symbolsof our faith, from the very beginninghung reverently, upon the treeamid the lights, saints, the angelsthe...
images, little symbolsof our faith, from the very beginninghung reverently, upon the treeamid the lights, saints, the angelsthe...
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Singing the Song of Mary
Our mother, of our brotherour savior, the Christso we sing, joining hersinging the song of Maryits melody aliveshining in the...
Our mother, of our brotherour savior, the Christso we sing, joining hersinging the song of Maryits melody aliveshining in the...
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Changing the Seasons
The colors replacedthe browns, the yellows, the autumn, earthyharvest decorationsgiving way, changingto the greens and...
The colors replacedthe browns, the yellows, the autumn, earthyharvest decorationsgiving way, changingto the greens and...
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Joining Mary
Call us into the Magnificatjoining Mary, with herinto our Advent journeyour worship, our waitinglike her, trusting, our...
Call us into the Magnificatjoining Mary, with herinto our Advent journeyour worship, our waitinglike her, trusting, our...
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At the Cusp of Advent
Out of the day of Thanksgivingafter the declarationsof Christ the Kingat the cusp of Adventpreparing our heartsperspective on...
Out of the day of Thanksgivingafter the declarationsof Christ the Kingat the cusp of Adventpreparing our heartsperspective on...
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Not One Cross, But Three
Some of our memoriesthe manger, the crossdeeply anchored within usimages of our faithThe cross of Christstanding on Calvarythe...
Some of our memoriesthe manger, the crossdeeply anchored within usimages of our faithThe cross of Christstanding on Calvarythe...
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Following the World
If we continue,following the worldoff the cliff, into the abyssoblivion, away from the covenant,the commandments, the...
If we continue,following the worldoff the cliff, into the abyssoblivion, away from the covenant,the commandments, the...
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Mercenaries in the Consumer Wars
Each of us complicitpart of the problemgrowing an army of shoppersmercenaries versed, well armed and trainer,in the consumer...
Each of us complicitpart of the problemgrowing an army of shoppersmercenaries versed, well armed and trainer,in the consumer...
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Consumption Like Locusts
insanity, madness, beyond all reasonthe consumer societyon full overloadthe turning, away from the worldlost in the frenzy, the...
insanity, madness, beyond all reasonthe consumer societyon full overloadthe turning, away from the worldlost in the frenzy, the...
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Understanding Creation
not something to use upto discard/throw awaythe world, creationneeding our loving carewalking more lightlysure of what is left...
not something to use upto discard/throw awaythe world, creationneeding our loving carewalking more lightlysure of what is left...
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The caring for the earth
All of us togethercharged from the very beginningdominion and stewardshipa caring for the earthcapacity, the burden...
All of us togethercharged from the very beginningdominion and stewardshipa caring for the earthcapacity, the burden...
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God as our Mother
In our relationshipsto one another, to the creatorall of creation, the worldwhat would it matter,would there be a...
In our relationshipsto one another, to the creatorall of creation, the worldwhat would it matter,would there be a...
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Giving of Our Hearts
not merely out of our abundancethe bounty beyond our needsgiving joyously, everout of our hearts, our careto offer hope to...
not merely out of our abundancethe bounty beyond our needsgiving joyously, everout of our hearts, our careto offer hope to...
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Creation in Our Hands
God gave us creationinto our trembling handsto nurture, to cherisha sacred trust to manour dominion balancedto love the blessed...
God gave us creationinto our trembling handsto nurture, to cherisha sacred trust to manour dominion balancedto love the blessed...
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Purposeful
Purposeful, mindfulin the way we walk this earthtemporary residents are all we are;Not owners of the worldto use, destroy,...
Purposeful, mindfulin the way we walk this earthtemporary residents are all we are;Not owners of the worldto use, destroy,...
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Mindful
Ever must we be mindfulthe consequence of our actionsthe ripples spreading outwardwashing on distant shoresWhat we consume...
Ever must we be mindfulthe consequence of our actionsthe ripples spreading outwardwashing on distant shoresWhat we consume...
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Embedded in the Dust
embedded in the dustthe lives of the saints before uspart of our forefathers, mothersin the soil from which we riseour seeds...
embedded in the dustthe lives of the saints before uspart of our forefathers, mothersin the soil from which we riseour seeds...
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Embraced by the Saints
The soil, the good soil of our livesthe seeds, our faith,growing within usembraced by the saintsthose who have turned to...
The soil, the good soil of our livesthe seeds, our faith,growing within usembraced by the saintsthose who have turned to...
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Instantly
So much of our troublesthe defining term, instantly,wanting it now, more, more, ever morethings, gadgets, ways of doing this or...
So much of our troublesthe defining term, instantly,wanting it now, more, more, ever morethings, gadgets, ways of doing this or...
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Not the Religion
not the religion, not the name we claimproof of our humanity, our belief in lovein the way we life, in what we dohow we walk on...
not the religion, not the name we claimproof of our humanity, our belief in lovein the way we life, in what we dohow we walk on...
