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	<title>Fearful Symmetry</title>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been an orphan now</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/ive-been-an-orphan-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been an orphan now for one year and a day.
It’s not such an uncommon thing, they say.
Though all of us must have a father and mother,
We all say goodbye to them, sometime or other.
My childhood now is mine alone, and fading memories.
Can that child still be me? What is it that he sees?
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		<title>Dreaming while waking</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/dreaming-while-waking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dreaming while waking
Giving while taking
Thirsting while slaking
Truthful while faking
Peaceful while shaking
Losing while making
Fixing while breaking
Painlessly aching
Never forsaking
My love for You.
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		<title>Christ</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/christ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cosmic Word in glorious light appears
To speak to Dust, awakened from its fears,
Innocence, Wholeness, Peace, Relief from Pain
Are offered all who lose all, all to gain.
He speaks to Nothing, Something to bring forth
Creating Value where there was No Worth.
No refuge can there be from such a Voice;
No silence, where the song cries out:  Rejoice!
How [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=122&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To a New Friend</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/to-a-new-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collecting friends; that’s what I do.
Not long ago, I added you.
I’m always watching out to find
A kindred soul or sharpened mind.
At one time I was all alone,
A fortress I had made of stone,
That is, I sought my heart to guard
For friends were rare, and love was hard.
If God is real, then I must tell:
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		<title>Snapshot</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/snapshot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I photographed some flowers on my way.
I found them growing on a sunny day.
One moment of such beauty could I capture in a frame.
A dewdrop, maybe, caught the sun.  I came
and knew this beauty, brief and only mine
Unknown to others under this sunshine
And so, I paused, as beauty caught my eye
Neglected beauty, as the world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=109&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why worry?</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/why-worry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was worrying about some things today, until these thoughts came my way:Why should I worry the livelong day, when instead I can simply pray?
Of all the things I worry about, only two things could be true;It’s either worth the worry, or not.  In each case, what should I do?
If it’s worth the worry, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=106&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving 2008</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/thanksgiving-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Lord, for giving us
The friends we have today.
We know no greater blessing
As we journey on this way.
For life, for health, for food and wealth,
Our thanks do surely rise;
But for these lives that touch our own —
We praise you to the skies!
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		<title>Slow and Dark</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slow and dark, across the sky
The cloud rolls in, its shadow spread
The damp chill in the bones, the sigh,
Unnoticed, heaves upon the sluggard&#8217;s bed. 
The season winds its way to winter&#8217;s sleep.
Life drops its leaves; no need to keep
The once-beloved luxuriant dress
That welcomed summer sun&#8217;s caress. 
The geese streak south to their retreat
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		<title>A Mealtime Prayer</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/a-mealtime-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lord, we thank you for this food
(We say this with no sorrow) —
May it bring strength for this day&#8217;s good,
Not storage for tomorrow.

Amen.
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		<title>In the Doctor&#8217;s Office</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/in-the-doctors-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What time I wait
Between the push and wail
Of this quotidian race,
While someone else,
Determined not to fail,
Hurries to show his face:
This waiting time, I say,
Affords me space
To simply sit,
Appreciate the grace
That lets me be
One person, me —
At this one time,
In this one place.
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		<title>Did you?</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/did-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In the grand scheme of things, the simple ways are best.
There is no magic word, no litmus test.
Did you believe, as best you could, that love will find a way?
Did you keep hope alive just for a day?
Did you see light in someone’s eyes?
Did you run as for a prize?
Did you keep going, just to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=85&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Age, Youth, Death, Renewal, Eternity?</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/age-youth-death-renewal-eternity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This brief journeythe flickering, sputtering, guttering light that is our life(our awakening, our delight, our terror, our pain,our hope, our loss, our gain,in which we glimpse, besmudged, through squinted eyes,yet solid, real, bright, hard and clear,A world whose beauty takes us by surprisesometimes in wonder, or in fear) —This journey,told in days and years, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=83&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>waking and dreaming: The Via Negativa</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/waking-and-dreaming-the-via-negativa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wanting to pay attention, falling asleep at the wheel
Is the wheel really turning, or just what is this deal?
I opened my eyes, I swear I did, just  a moment ago
But visions of sugarplums dance just where there only was cold and snow.
The cold light of day, the bright morning star — what is it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=82&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listening, touching, being</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/listening-touching-being/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I saw a soul pass by, and paused.  Was that a cry?
Beneath the noise of argument, was that a sigh?
Stop, be still, I heard my spirit say; who know when I
Will see again this soul pass by this way?
The sighing soul, so quiet, fearful,
heard my silence, spoke
and paused,
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		<title>Fantasy and fun</title>
		<link>http://firebones.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fantasy-and-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living a dream, living a lie—
What shall I choose as a story?
To reach a goal before I die
Or go down in flames of glory?
The Christ who gave abundant life,
and called us all to follow
Invites to joy, invites to strife —
Which of these two is hollow?
Today, I&#8217;ll live within the scope
Of privileges royal
But may I not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firebones.wordpress.com&blog=345500&post=77&subd=firebones&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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