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Prayer
Carry the light Shine it in daytime If someone asks why Warm them up with it It is not for sight but for heart When two or three gather together Make it a bonfire People will gather around Find comfort in this cold winter Build a community Make it a vineyard Work there Produce the…
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River runs in a heart
In your heart, runs a river I can feel breeze at the bank all the memories of the past flow with water In our heart, runs a river I can hear the quiet sound of joy all the hopes for the future run with water In God’s heart, runs a river I can feel the…
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Christmas Song
The star shines Mary and Joseph does not know. On the way to Bethlehem They did not follow any star The wise men walks to them Joseph and Mary have no idea When they put the baby in a manger They did not know who would come The shepherds run to the baby Mary and…
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You are so beautiful to Me!
You are so beautiful to me You are so beautiful to me God says You are all I want nothing else God whispers into my ears Me? Why? I am nobody! I resisted with all my strength, with all my heart, and with all my life Then I saw the baby (a young man) lying…
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Your presence
I sit in front of you I can feel your breath I can hear your heart beating I can see you even when I close my eyes I am flying into you I am in you I am one with you I see now all the creation through you How free how joyful how thankful…
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Sigh of Love
I have heard about you but I have not seen you still I am amazed with you I am just thankful for the breath that I take I have more than I deserve I am just in love with you I am sorry for all the lives lost I hate to say that I…
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A widow’s offering
When the screams come from Houston The structure of the complicated politics, names, and pronunciations tumbled down When words cannot rescue a baby in an incubator Dunkirk style small boats will Do not wait for the grand scheme to appear or a new heaven and a new earth to descend or the Fire of the…
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Love Everybody
When I come down from the Holy Mountain I pray that I should not find people dancing around golden calf shouting, “we are not going to be replaced.” They thought that God was dead and I was gone They thought that they needed other gods who should lead them in the wilderness I…
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My Peach Tree
I look at my peach tree in my backyard I pass all the signs on the Balfour Blvd, “Peaches,” “Pick Yourself!,” “Towns Best!” and come home to greet my one and only old peach tree It is old, wrinkled, and has many broken branches Still it has big, juicy, beautiful peaches I climb up on…
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Thinking Gerald Hopkins
When I see a kingfisher and dragonflies My heart sings praises When I hear stones falling into a well My soul praises God They just awake my inner castle and make it a sanctuary of the One. Your body is a Holy Temple, They teach me Your life is a gift from God They…
