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October 26, 2008
Taken From: Psalm 116:15; Job 19:25

Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel

Death clarifies
the startling brevity of life.
Where are the breaths we took unheeding,
the blessings taken for granted?
Praise the giver of life
by living the life you’re given,
successions of light and shadow
moving against the unseen day.
Live every day as the day
before what comes next,
every moment as

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October 19, 2008
Taken From: Romans 3:1-8

Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel

Salvation without money, without price
a story we might read and not know
hold in uncertainty
his unfathomed purpose
When we have begun to believe
the grip of doubt tightens
questions walk beside all that is said
waiting their turn to speak
Summoned into understanding
it seems a frail trust we have
our hearts pulse;

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October 12, 2008
Taken From: Romans 3:1-2

Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel

Words heavy with the holy
grip the attention
a language being itself
a tongue akin to light
the oracles of God
Words make his being known
to strangers and pilgrims
words of life
eaten in common
sweet and bitter
Learning to live without these words
is like dying
no covenant hope
no promise
words like grit
Live by every word

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October 5, 2008
Taken From: Romans 2:17-29

Illustration by Grace Ellen Schiel

Beware the leaven of hypocrisy
that accumulates in
an unexamined life;
theoretical argument,
a confidence falsely held
that thinks you’re
on wonderful terms with yourself.
You must take heed, you
who confess the faith, lest
while you declare his words
you fail to live them
and misrepresent his holy name.
It is the mark of God on

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