In the Gathered Flames (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A piece of Christ's love the beating Spirit the fire of Pentecost in the gathered flames A spark of God's ...
A piece of Christ's love the beating Spirit the fire of Pentecost in the gathered flames A spark of God's ...
The gathering fire shining in our midst the light of these saints growing somehow filling our hearts increasing our joy ...
Christ growing burning in our hearts the redeemer's fire His Spirit living planted within us Being a student a true ...
Somehow the sum the total greater brighter than their flames the glow of the light the candles burning brighter shining ...
Building, growing as each candle was lit echoing off the glass the brass of the cross the gathering glow the ...
Each of us in some way part of the flames burning on the altar the memory of the saints fresh ...
Not to seek attention to be lifted up offering instead service sharing their cup Their faith beating in each of ...
Each of the flames each of our hearts the saints among us burning brightly like tongues of His fire lighting ...
Like those stocking a river young into the waters sowing hope downstream reaching distant shores Like a farmer planting sowing ...
Casting our lines deeper out into the waters where the unknown saints roam far from our father out in the ...
The saints who showed the way who walked humbly in Christ raised up one by one in the hearing of ...
Our prayer together in offering our gifts all of our lives in worship, serving to further your kingdom spreading your ...
Somehow so evident placed on the altar the living fire of the saints their names raised shared in the congregation ...
After the service the congregation left sitting for a moment in my pew alone looking at the altar one flame ...
The seeds of faith planted in their hearts the smaller lights growing growing ever in You We are the ones ...
Small flames of their faith in their answers to the pastors bits of the hope we share in the words ...
We light a candle for some of the saints those in our lives who showed us the way Who led ...
When we look back think about how how we came to believe what changed us somehow The people in our ...
Our saints, our witnesses those who came before those whom we know who we know by your word How they ...
The altar illumined by the lights of the saints those whose names we raised there in our midst All of ...
The altar, the sanctuary each of our beating hearts illumined by the saints their presence in our midst As each ...
Hearing the names read aloud many with our last names the names of our saints those who have gone before ...
The names of our saints read aloud in worship in memory of them their faith that guides us leads to ...
A piece of our faith our heritage, our beliefs in each flickering flame one of our saints who went before ...
Unbound by all walls a cloud of witnesses, the saints with us at such a table known by heaven alone ...
All the saints with our Lord At the table with us speaking now as then a promise of community in ...
Oh Lord I rejoice, because of your grace because you descended from heaven to save me from my fate There ...
Red is the color the color of a saint the flames of Pentecost burning in their hearts White is the ...
Like those who have gone before those who have believed who have acted on their faith heeding his call Living ...
Not something to be sorrowful over not a cross to bear a way of living in God's grace to feel ...
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