Tell the children

After Psalms 78:1-8 

It’s not sufficient

to study and learn,

meditating and living.

Tell the children.

 

It’s not enough 

to tithe and give

of time and treasure.

Tell the children.

 

You must do more

than teach and preach

and serve and enourage.

Tell the children.

 

You must not only

store up the word

in your heart and mind.

Tell the children.

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

Saint Clare – sonnet by Malcolm Guite.

 

How we imagine the life of a pastor – Bill Grandi at Living in the Shadow.

 

Kyrie – poem by David Gascoyne at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

I do not know this year – poem by Esther Roth at From the Wildwoods.

 

“Lochinvar,” poem by Sir Walter Scott – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.