Monthly Archives: October 2020

Trying to hold back the Tide

Posted on October 30, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

And Then You We arranged our lives as best we can, to keep your holiness at bay, with our pieties, our doctrines, our liturgies, our moralities, our secret ideologies, Safe, virtuous, settled, And then you – you and your dreams, … Continue reading →

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This Day is Your Gift to Us

Posted on October 23, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

This day is your gift to us;     we take it, Lord, from your hand     and thank you for the wonder of it. God be with us in this your day,     every day and every … Continue reading →

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Corrupted into Song

Posted on October 16, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Corrupted into Song     By Alvin Feinman As though all things shone perfectly,     Perfected in self-discrepancy:    The widow wedded to her grief,    The hangman haloed in remorse—    I should not rearrange a leaf,    No more … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I Cry

Posted on October 9, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

Sometimes I Cry Chris Stapleton There are days that I can walk around like I’m alright And I pretend to wear a smile on my face And I could keep the pain from comin’ out of my eyes But sometimes, … Continue reading →

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I Sing Because…

Posted on October 2, 2020 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

For those for whom worship of the Living God is woven into the fabric of life, one of the sad laments during this time of social distancing has been the loss of communal worship – the singing of praise to … Continue reading →

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