Category Archives: Poetry, Reflecting on Scripture

Think and discovering Scripture through poetry.

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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A Divine Intervention, Near New Year’s Eve

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Tom Bolton

So close, so close, these women and men,  close to me in this tiny lounge in this huge, huge Church building, this small, fragile church people, these powerful people of God. So close I have been times in the past, … Continue reading →

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No Worries Today

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Tom Bolton

This is a poem I wrote in January 2011, as I was remembering some of my political roots, and contemplating some writings by John Wesley. I had not yet studied Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White, by … Continue reading →

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Longest Night 2010

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Tom Bolton

Longest Night Service From Tuesday- December 21, 2010 First United Methodist Church of West Allis  One of the first services I helped design after being certified as a Lay Servant in the United Methodist Church was the Longest Night Service … Continue reading →

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Temptation and Word

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Tom Bolton

I wrote this meditation at a Lay Servants Teach Adults class at Salem United Methodist Church on January 27, 2010. I was leading a study on Luke 4:1-13 as my teaching assignment. I included an exercise for 14 adults, most … Continue reading →

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