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Advent/Christmas Audio Updated

03 Thursday Jan 2019

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imagesThe audio for my sermon for the fourth Sunday of Advent and my Christmas Eve poem is now available. Have a listen.

Christmas in Rhyme

26 Tuesday Dec 2017

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10986487_722263964557218_2041353398548451256_o.jpgWhat follows is the poem  I read at Reveille United Methodist Church’s 5:30 Service of Lessons and Carols. I wrote it in August after hearing a radio reading of poetry by the late David Rakoff, whose style and humor influenced the form of this poem. It was designed for a service already filled with scripture, liturgy, and music, where a traditional sermon would not have worked. I hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas.

 

It is quite hard to fathom all one can say,
when Sunday and Christmas Eve fall on the same day
to those who have gathered in prayer and song,
all hoping the service does not go too long.
Though some will stay home and tend to fam’ly,
while searching for batteries, double-A, C, and D.

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Gideon (A Poem For My Nation)

08 Friday Jul 2016

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66045_gideon_offer_lgGideon (A Poem For My Nation)
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Mark 3:25

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