Monthly Archives: January 2012

On Word, Law and Life: stanzas 4 through 6

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Tom Bolton

Continuing this piece based on Psalm 119, contemplating study of the Word, covenant today and life–life in hope. On Word, Law and Life D. Decreed to Live Death, I am close to death. Down, I am so down some days. … Continue reading →

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Deep In This Night

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I wrote this after my devotion time at about 3:00 am on Saturday. It had been a good night for me. Deep In This Night (Morning?) Time perverted, I grasped this stress in me, deep in the night, and I … Continue reading →

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On Word, Law and Life

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Tom Bolton

These verses are the beginning of a longer work in development, on living in Scripture. On Word, Law and Life A. Along the Way Aware, aware, finally aware that the righteous are blessed, those who stay close to the Lord, … Continue reading →

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Are there More Homeless Irish Than When I Was Blind?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Tom Bolton

Truly I heard the gentle brogue tonight, a soft, genteel, lilt in his voice. He could sell snow to eskimos, would sell, and yet I heard the uncertainty there, the yearning for his mother’s word-caress. So alone, he wanted to … Continue reading →

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