Oppression Still (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Around the world oppression still that we have shaken off yet stalking the world a cloud, darkness still to be ...
Poems about gratification (31 Poems)
The Responsibility of Freedom (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not beholden to a human king about to walk free in this land we love hope in the creed we ...
The Pursuit of Blessedness (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the words of Christ the kernel of our hope what we believe seeking happiness the pursuit of blessedness unfettered ...
The Pursuit of True Happiness (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the ancient words of our Lord the pursuit of true happiness the creed of our land to walk with ...
A Christian Manifesto (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
If viewed through the lens of history, of power England as Rome we are the people the oppressed under their ...
Not to the Timid but to the persecuted (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
To standing in storm to cry out in the wilderness to preach the love of Christ whether or not they ...
Not to be praised but ridiculed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We are called out of our comfort out of the pews, the boats to walk where he calls us leaving ...
Shocking Us (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The deliberate inversion of the standard order whom Christ defined as blessed, happy cursed, shunned now in society Shocking us ...
Not to the proud but to the humble (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The earth not to the powerful not to the mighty, the strong but to the meek not to the proud ...
Not to the silent but to the gadflies (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
God gives words to the prophets to those who will not be silent who would call out for justice who ...
Not to power but to mercy (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
God's offering of mercy in judgment in the comforting presence of our savior offered not to the powerful not to ...
Not to the world but to the creator (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
To stand in the presence of God to see his face, face to face, to enter into his courts at ...
Not to war but to peace (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
God's word, given by the son in a land under the rule a captured nation under the powerful empire not ...
Changing Our Perspective (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Rereading his message on this day important to our land the major sermon the world as God would see it ...
Challenging Our Understanding (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Even today, as we celebrate the independence of our nation our people separated freed of the oppression tyranny of another ...
Radically Different (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Reading these words of Christ preaching from the mountain closer to God revealing his message of what it is to ...
Not to the full but to the empty (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Christ speaking across the ages to each of us on blessedness in the eyes of God Not to the full ...
Not to the joyful but to those who sorrow (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
God's comfort, his assurance the loving hands of God blessed are those would mourn who sorrow in their soul God ...
Which freedoms do we value (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In a moment of reflection may we stop on Independence Day to think of our freedoms in a totally new ...
Guided in Our Freedom (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the words of Christ in his sermon on that mount telling us how to live guided in our freedom ...
Living in Our Freedom (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Christ's word and the Spirit guiding our steps here living in our freedom in the way that God would want ...
Our Sense of Freedom (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Focused on our nation as we do on this day needing to be mindful of the savior's way He spoke ...
Our Happiness Recast (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The sense of happiness of joy in our freedom revisited, recast in these words of Christ Needing to remember what ...
Living as a Blessing (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our calling, as a people anointed for a calling in the words of our independence something of these words of ...
Our Happiness (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not in the country where we live not in true independence walking on our own adrift in the world Our ...
Beatitudes on the Fourth (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Remembering his teachings the lesson of our savior his message for living for the way we should walk as believers, ...
These words of Christ (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
There on the mountain Christ coming to rest the disciples coming to him sitting on the lawn outside, under the ...
Mindful (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Ever must we be mindful the consequence of our actions the ripples spreading outward washing on distant shores What we ...
Misuse Happens (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Misuse happens our resources, our vision focused on the wrong our temporal, urgent society-driven desires instant gratification excess, and hangover ...
What is Your Religion (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Where is your treasure, what is your religion deep down, at your very core This question reverberating calling from within ...