Joy in Our Trials (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Hard to embrace joy in our trials feeling their weight unable to truly turn them over to You We pray ...
Raymond A. Foss Poems on Learning (45 Poems)
The Weight of the Paddle (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I brought one of my canoe paddles to the poetry presentation at school passing it around in the classroom watching ...
Accepting Our Gifts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Each of us given gifts for the kingdom special talents to lift the church up Each of us called to ...
Called Into Service (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Each of us uniquely as given by the spirit gifts for the work building up the church of God Called ...
Accepting Her Gifts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Each of us specially gifted given talents for the kingdom leadership, or vision of speaking in tongues Whether our brother ...
Children Before God (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Willful, learning, testing our place all of us, the whole human race Children before God sometimes forgetting our place Made ...
Grounded in the Present (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Remembering our past grounded in the present the collective history meant to guide our way Standing while we may but ...
Becoming Proud (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
"Becoming Proud" so true of our lives, our society our abundance, our wealth as if all of these were ours ...
A Whole Life (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Within the pastoral prayer words offered for the children all of them learning, so much on their way that they ...
Renewal Time (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Sabbath rest, renewal time bringing me back to the Lord stripping the cares away, the burdens of the world time ...
Joy by the waters (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
When we are able to trust a bit more to let go of our cares turning them over to our ...
By the Sea of Galilee (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
On the water, the hills, the sand, the dusty roads by the Sea of Galilee in the words of the ...
Teach Them (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
No degree, no special schooling did they have an apprenticeship, of sorts, perhaps sitting at the master's feet watching him, ...
Being Shepherds, while yet sheep (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
As children, learning from shepherds people in our lives, teaching, leading revealing God, His love, His call His presence in ...
Walking with Them (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Walking with them on the Emmaus road this week after Easter the same doubts, the same lack of understanding, true ...
Listening (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
So much to learn, like Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to the voice of God in silence, ...
Sheep – haiku – 2 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Learn from his example live humbly as he lived serve all those in need January 25, 2009 Isaiah 42:6-8 Luke ...
Claimed by the Father (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
By his voice, boldly, clearly by the awesome voice of God Jesus of Nazareth, rising in baptism from the Jordan ...
A Plan for the World (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A plan, for our teaching, for our instruction for the learning of the law, of the history, the place we ...
A Statement (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Who we are, what we pray how we hope, why we are gathered as God's own, to praise, to pray, ...
Squatters Rights (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
By grace, we enter in, into our Father's house We have squatter's rights immediately given, by grace living in our ...
Give God Our Minds (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Out of love, reverence, in faith and in hope, turning our lives to God, to the risen Christ, we give ...
A Herd of Footprints (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A stampede, a herd, a huge wave went before us, a herd of footprints in the new-fallen, wet, thick snow ...
Like Children (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the synoptic gospels, we are told, by the savior, the first born of the resurrection, the first in the ...
Hebrew Bible (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Their Hebrew Bible course, was from the original source the text written in His face spoken from His lips made ...
Studying the Word (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The apostles at His feet, learning from God, directly Studying with, under Jesus, while he lived, walked with them Hearing ...
Suddenness (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
If I could only explain what the suddenness of the news means to me To learn, of the certainty the ...
A Grand Design (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Out of nothing, the architect created a wonderful creation, with order, precision, with love and care. We are surrounded, affirmed ...
Team Sport (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Christianity is a team sport, so the pastor said that morning from the pulpit. Sometimes it can feel lonely, different ...
Fresh Fruit (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Bright, young faces sitting on the steps, in the chancel drinking in the words of the pastor hearing of the ...