Category Archives: Poetry, Reflecting on Scripture

Think and discovering Scripture through poetry.

Faithful

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Tom Bolton

As I prepare for our Confirmation Sunday on May 10, I am thinking about, and writing about, my faith.   Mark 9:24 was the text for worship the year after I wrote this poem, based on the very famous Scripture, in … Continue reading →

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A love Tale

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Tom Bolton

I’m sharing another poem I wrote in 2013, and I honestly had forgotten this one completely. When I read it Tuesday, it was as though it was brand new to me, and I had to read it many times and … Continue reading →

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Grit

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Re-posting a poem from July 2013: As I was reading Mark 3: In a Concrete World Some days in this world, the law is such that the silence is deafening, or comments are shouted so harshly that ears ache and … Continue reading →

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If You Give a Monk a Fishing Net

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Originally posted on The Golden Echo (Archive):
Br. Monday is now wondering why the abbot made him a fishing net… Three old men, of whom one had a bad reputation, came one day to Abba Achilles. The first asked him, “Father,…

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Freedom

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Tom Bolton

I’m recalling this poem from February 2013. The poem was percolating in my mind for over a week, but the parts about the song in my youth just didn’t translate well in 2013. Sometimes, repentance is hardest when we are … Continue reading →

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A List for Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Again Maundy Thursday Playlist http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/04/05/maundy-thursday-last-supper-and-gethsemane (This is a link to a page from Sojourners.) This is a page from Sojourners in 2012. It includes a playlist of songs inspired by or that speak in some way to the Holy Week … Continue reading →

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Scourged to Heal

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Reading Isaiah 53:5           Scourged To Heal Near lictors, nauseated and sweating, we seek to know our ailing, to confess our place, and there to seek wellness. The scourge, so devious, so malevolent, made most evil by man, is laid … Continue reading →

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