Category Archives: Poetry, Reflecting on Scripture

Think and discovering Scripture through poetry.

In That Week

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Another Repeat In that One Week, in the World In that one week, there was an anniversary party, with 60 years remembered and celebrated and re-lived, and friends found and met and recalled. There was cake and movies and photos. … Continue reading →

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On Revivival, from 2013

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Tom Bolton

I originally wrote this in 2013 after attending a Revival at Solomon Community Temple, and I am thinking about it as I prepare for a Wesleyan Revival class at my Church this summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfL7Xf4SJMA Time to Come Clean–John 13:9 We … Continue reading →

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On Word, Law and Life: Pathways

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Tom Bolton

Originally posted on Hopeful:
Pathways so bright, your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light for my Path–so well-lit and safer than others. Promising freely, I took an oath, and I will keep it! Righteous regulations show…

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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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