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Category Archives: Reflecting on Scripture
Then Lifted
Reading Psalm 52 Estranged, then Lifted As David, angry, and yet aware of flourishing olive trees–fruitful and beautiful! These sinners around me, and of me, are big shots, boasting in our own minds. The saints are here too, laughing, … Continue reading
Longest Night 2014
It is the longest night, a time when some of us are in the ecstasy of Advent, and some of us are blue, and some are in moments of each. Longest Night Service From Tuesday- December 21, 2010, revised for … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Longest Night, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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Thanksgiving Memories
Thanksgiving greetings to my friends! For Thanksgiving, I am repeating the liturgy from our Disciple Bible Class for all my friends. Disciples Act Disciples place themselves under the power and authority of Scripture– –Free in the Word! Disciples know that … Continue reading
Posted in Disciplines, Reflecting on Scripture
Tagged Discipleship, thanksgiving, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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Repeating On Word, Law and Life
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
Posted in About Tom, Poetry, Reflecting on Scripture
Tagged Alive, Psalm 119, The Word
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