Tag Archives: Christ

In the World

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Tom Bolton

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. There were … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Tom Bolton

Today in Christ                  Today I am in Christ, Not only in Grace, Not only in Faith. Today I give thanks to God because he is good, and my faith is filled with … Continue reading →

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Passage by and About Bonhoeffer

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Tom Bolton

Dietrich Bonhoeffer:  On Hitler, Grace, the Cross, Our Cross, Church and Life Together This is an excellent posting on key statements by and about Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  I’m really happy to post the link here. Two of my favorite pasages are: “Cheap … Continue reading →

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Love

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Tom Bolton

Love, Fabric Of real people, we care for festers; Practical, more than just ethical, we dirty our hands. We ache and cry at the end of the day. Like Christ, we love the real person. More a doing than a … Continue reading →

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Studying Mere Christianity

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Tom Bolton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeBU5yck2ss This blog may be mostly for John and me. We are participating in a C.S. Lewis reading plan throughout 2013. But I know many others who have studied Mere Christianity this past year, and so this may be a … Continue reading →

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Living New Life

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Tom Bolton

Living New Life In this new world, with no fighting, I see the gold, shining around everything, and my glasses seem like second lenses shrunken and wrinkled, And even dads and moms here hear and see like new toddlers, strong, … Continue reading →

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Deep In The Night

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I wrote this early in 2012. Deep In This Night (Morning?) Time perverted, I grasped this stress in me, deep in the night, and I shook it, shook it and tossed it aside. No longer my own, deep in this … Continue reading →

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