Spirit of Self-Discipline (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We are given a spirit of self-discipline or so Paul would have us believe, a spirit to lead the life ...
Poems about disciples (38 Poems)
Use the Faith You Have (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The disciples, before the passion, asking for more faith. Not understanding, yet appreciating the faith deep within their hearts the ...
Nowhere to Lay His Head (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A homeless prophet in mission to his people, to a broken world. Offering no comfort to those who would join ...
What Are You Looking For? (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The words of God, the Son, at the beginning, the start of his earthly ministry After the baptism, near the ...
A Risen Friend (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The house of a risen friend another lesson to teach to the disciples before the passion the final chapter the ...
Backing Up (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
It happened a few times this morning trying to tell the whole story, or more of it anyway eager ears, ...
A Year’s Wages (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
How much could the split oil have bought how many lives would it have touched how wasteful it must have ...
An Act of Faith (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I stood before the congregation knowing the financial crunch the hard work, done by so many for so many years, ...
Pitch the Tent (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Pitch the Tent on the lawn set up the chairs, the signs, the pulpit flagmen at the roadside, cars parked ...
Holy Failure (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
He called it holy failure, the moments of the disciples failing to catch fish, believing in the word of Jesus ...
Praying Luke 5:1-11 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Dear God, creator of heaven and earth, we thank you for this beautiful day, for your gifts you heap on ...
From the desert to the Sea (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
He moved to ministry Washed in the Jordan, touched by the dove, anointed by water, the Word of God, the ...
Fishermen (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Found by the lakeshore Impossible, unable, to catch fish Showed a better way by the carpenter, the Lord Heard his ...
Rotten Fish (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Boats left on the shore holds full of the bounteous catch Abandoned where they came in Leaving their harvest for ...
After the Baptism (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The instant, the moment, the second he was baptized, touched by the spirit, he began, using the gifts, he had ...
He said, “Come.” (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Heeding the simple command of his Master's voice instinctively, reflexively without thought or doubt stepping out in faith Being the ...
Sixty-One Years Ago (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
At the end of the Thanksgiving service, she shared the affirmation of her call, her turn before the committee, She ...
Nodding to the Sermons (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I was swaying, nodding to the words to the words of the pastors, different styles, different books, different verses but ...
Pursued, not merely Followed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
What an idea, a gift, a different way of seeing the familiar, the hopeful the treasured scripture He told us ...
The Silence before the Applause (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
There was a silence, before the applause this morning in church, after the fourteen voices, the lone trumpet, and pianoforte ...
This Soul Cried Out (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
As He is so want to do, the lectionary was blended sharing a deeper message, in the mixing of the ...
The Twelve (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In story after story, they didn't exactly shine with great understanding, of the mystery unfolding around them, in their midst, ...
Blending Concepts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The name of the sermon the point of the message was "Our Highest Ideal" but it was the underlying subtext ...
They Were Confused (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Who was Jesus, what did the crowd say what did the authorities believe and what about his followers, the disciples ...
Disciple (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Disciplined study And worship Immersed in the Word Week upon Week Words and meaning Beautiful in the learning and the ...
Boldness of the Spirit (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Four books of sheep, timid, unsure followers fearful and obtuse about the incredible journey their role, these fishers of men ...
Without Hindrance (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Paul was in Rome, under house arrest but he received guests, without hindrance, so ends the book of Acts; but ...
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot Poem)
The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot "Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et ...
God of the Open Air (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
I Thou who hast made thy dwelling fair With flowers beneath, above with starry lights, And set thine altars everywhere,-- ...
No further slice of me (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Enduring an inguinal hernia repair can drive you to despair, it is a monumental nonsense; in my defence I hadn't ...