Monthly Archives: August 2014

Repeating On Word, Law and Life

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Tom Bolton

This was the start of my meditation on Psalm 119, which I started in December 2011.  I finished in Spring 2012, but I have periodically been drawn back to this piece over the past few years. Psalm 119 How blessed … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Resist A Good Challenge!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Tom Bolton

Originally posted on Unshakable Hope:
Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Top $100 Million in 30 Days compared to $2.8 million during the same time period last year (July 29 to August 29). Mary looked at me like I was crazy when…

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First Things First

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Tom Bolton

Originally posted on A Pastor's Thoughts:
Abba Abraham told of a man of Scetis who was a scribe and did not eat bread. A brother came to beg him to copy a book. The old man whose spirit was…

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Caring

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Tom Bolton

On a Saturday morning in early 2012, I had been reading Matthew and John 13, and then went to Isaiah. I left with these thoughts in my poetry.                                       We Care I was startled today at the many voices in … Continue reading →

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Alleluia by Randall Thompson and a Prayer

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Tom Bolton

I very much enjoyed this video of undergraduate engineering students in the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia.  I love the presentation of this wonderful chorale by Randall Thompson. I also want to share this prayer from Dr. Vicki Morris, who just … Continue reading →

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In Quiet

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Tom Bolton

(I was reflecting on Galatians and reading Bonhoeffer when I wrote this.)                  In Quiet, Reflecting Today I look in a mirror, and I see there Brother Dietrich behind me at ten o’clock, and I’m learning to listen, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Devotions on Two Stanzas of Psalm 119

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Tom Bolton

John Wesley said in his notes on Psalm 119, ” The general scope and design of this psalm is, to magnify the law and make it honourable: to shew the excellency and usefulness of divine Revelation, and recommend it to … Continue reading →

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