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Faithful
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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Tagged Faith, Mark 9:24, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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A love Tale
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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Tagged John 11:3, Love, Mission, Service, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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Grit
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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Tagged Mark 3:4, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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Freedom
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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Tagged Faith, Phil 3:10-11, Resurrection, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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A List for Maundy Thursday
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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Tagged John 13, Maundy Thursday, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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Scourged to Heal
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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Tagged Isaiah 53:5, scourged, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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Thomas
On Thomas in 2014 On John 14:2 Room Enough Like Thomas, I have searched the way, and I love this community, love this master. But these days, I am reminded: There is a place with many rooms, there is a … Continue reading
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Tagged eternity, John 14:2, Tom Bolton, Tom Bolton's Hopeful
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