Monthly Archives: July 2012

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tom Bolton

Originally posted on Nü MethoFesto:
  One thing I’ve learned about Ramadan is that it’s not just about abstaining from food and drink. That is only the tip of the iceberg. When I sat down with Yaseen before Ramadan started,…

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In this Community, Forgetting

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tom Bolton

In this Community, Forgetting There may come a day, when I, too, will Forget the places I have been this day, and where now I go. May I recall deep in me the place of my eternity. Some days I … Continue reading →

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In Our Community, on Structure

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Tom Bolton

In Our Community What structure is it that we build and inhabit In this Beloved Community? We are here, joined in the Holy Spirit, Still in some tension, For we are from diverse homes. We love, and we form this … Continue reading →

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Class and Class Meetings

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I cancelled (or postponed) my Sunday School Class on Steven W. Manskar’s wonderful   book, Accountable Discipleship: Living in God’s Household, this past Sunday, because we did nor have enough participants–it was me and one other! But I will still … Continue reading →

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Optimism

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I enjoy being a member of Optimist International. When I was a teenager in 1970 and into   1972, several men in the Janesville Noontime Optimists invited me to meetings, watched out for me when I needed some guidance, and … Continue reading →

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On a Parable

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I wrote this poem early Monday morning in reflection on the Parable about the Lost Son. Angry and Outside the House I too was angry and outside the house, Toiling on days I would have wanted to just hang out, … Continue reading →

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Today in Christ

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I wrote this early Sunday morning after my morning devotions. I have been reading much from my Bonhoeffer library, and I believe I had been reading the 107th Psalm on Sunday too. I think I was influenced by my general … Continue reading →

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