Laity Sunday (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A message for the children, for the congregation woven in simple terms, stitched in more theological discourse about those called, ...
Raymond A. Foss Poems on Wisdom & Knowledge (266 Poems)
Dorcas Preaching (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Up from the pages, from the town of Joppa the port, overlooking the Mediterranean a disciple shared her witness, her ...
Wisdom in My Heart (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Lady Wisdom, living, growing watching over my heart a part of me, the Spirit, God infused, residing She has found ...
Sister Spirit (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Father God, Brother Savior Sister spirit, living within us lady wisdom, nurturing conscience guiding our paths, growing, beating within us ...
A Real Conversation (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The pastor's message, his sermon a real conversation, about real life his eye surgery the thread of the sermon, the ...
Tell Me Your Story (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Beyond the legal jargon, the him versus her, the pleadings, the causes, the arguments there is the story, the reality ...
Heavenly Perspective (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The words, these holy, hope-filled words so hard to internalize, to really fathom a heavenly perspective on human life letting ...
A Christian Life (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our prayer, the one He taught us, The Lord's Prayer, to the father given, spoken, always in love reflecting His ...
She Served (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
It was funny, that moment of revelation of understanding the not so subtle change. I told our pastor that the ...
Stewards of God’s Mysteries (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
We are to be the stewards of God's mysteries the ones to safeguard his secrets, the majesty of creation the ...
A Day of Prayer (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A national day of prayer, duly designated, sanctioned to pray for our country, our blessings for our leaders, in these ...
I Am Who I Choose To Be (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A true statement, serious an accurate reflection of consequences the results of acts of free will Maybe a bit cursory, ...
To Each is Given (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Each of us given, blessed, with gifts of the spirit with wisdom, with preaching, with prophesy, with tongues able to ...
A Variety of Gifts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The wondrous gifts, each given to a person prophesy, wisdom, tongues beyond comprehension the spiritual gifts, needed for the body ...
His Courage (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Each talk, a risk, an opening of our own true self before the congregation, the pilgrims But his was different, ...
On the Walk (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
It wasn't where they were going, it was the walk, the conversation, the revelation they were on the walk, their ...
The Limits of Their Faith (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
If only, you had been here, you could have healed him, stopped him from dying. Such was the limits of ...
When I Think of Her (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
She is so present, visible in my mind's eye instantly, at the thought of her, the mere whisper of loving ...
Neglect (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The house was a mess; the State was greatly distressed; Help her get her kids January 6, 2008 Matthew 2:1-12 ...
Saving One Life (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Avoiding the massacre the killing of the innocents the one life spared; flight to Egypt The life of the one, ...
In Secret They Were Sent (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Magi, astrologers, wise men. They were the outsiders, the unclean foreigners; but he needed spies to find the baby to ...
Jail (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Behind the doors - steel Slammed behind me, prison Trapped, at their will January 6, 2008 Matthew 2:1-12 haiku - ...
Epiphany – haiku – 8 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
a holy star rising a beacon for the wise men light their way to him January 6, 2008 Matthew 2:1-12 ...
He Let Them Die (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We talk of the slaughter Herod's massacre of the innocents The same, in an earlier time, the rage of the ...
By a Star Revealed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
By a star was the Lord revealed his birthplace marked, light shone on the babe from a star, leading the ...
A Better Prize (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Standing in the court waiting for the hearing to begin happy smiles, assurance certainty of a better future The judge ...
After the Manger (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Their journey home, back to the East to their charts, their maps, their study of the stars The wise men ...
The Wise Men were Women (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Lady Wisdom came in threes at the edge of the chancel in our church's pageant this year this Christmas Eve ...
The Fear of the King – v2 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Fear of the infant, the boy laying in the manger bed the king humbly born feared by the king for ...
Go to the Stable (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We, like the shepherds, the wise men, the father and mother, go to the stable each year, at this time, ...