Tag Archives: Prayer

Listening Warm

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tom Bolton

It has been a bit warmer these past couple days. And we have some sunshine. But even on the rainy mornings, I am warmed. Listening Warm There is brilliance in the sunrise this day,      and I listen. I … Continue reading →

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Cold Early Prayer

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Tom Bolton

Coffee long gone, cup dry-stained, and Frost etching across these thin-paned portals, We hear voices, poems clearly ascribed across years. Three o’clock high, and pain crushes his spirit, fragile bones dropping him to boyhood lost, and found. Will the sun … Continue reading →

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Fear Not

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I am reprinting a poem from January 2011. See you next week! No Worries Today I am grown, I have listened, I have faced terrors with calm and boldness. And yet I fear this day. I fear that I may … Continue reading →

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Abba, Thank You Today

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I was contemplating prayer and two classes I have attended recently on prayer. Abba, Thank You Today Abba, Abba, how I missed you, Even as you were by me all the time. In your presence, you are so large, so … Continue reading →

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Praying for the Elections

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I missed this in September, but Max Lucado’s push for Americans to pray for the    presidential election makes sense to me. http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/09/18/pastor-max-lucado-launches-40-day-prayer-campaign-ahead-of-election/ Here is the prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, You have given us this promise: ”…if my people, who are … Continue reading →

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Prayerful

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Tom Bolton

I wrote this poem Sunday night.  Prayerful In the morning sunshine, with waves advancing Near my feet, near my soul, Soothing voice deep within my spirit, I listen. Listening to that still, powerful voice, Each word touches me Now, as … Continue reading →

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Bonhoeffer on Work and Prayer

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Tom Bolton

After the first morning hour [of prayer], the Christian’s day until evening belongs to work. “People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening” (Ps. 104:23). In most cases a community of Christians living together will … Continue reading →

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