Lost Joy

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This resource relating to 1 Peter 1:3-9 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) highlighting the appreciation of things when they are gone and a poem by Ross Gay celebrating love and partnership.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 CLASSIC POEM: Lost Joy Emily Dickinson I had a daily bliss I half indifferent viewed, Till sudden I perceived it stir, — It grew as I pursued, Till when, around a crag, It wasted from my sight, Enlarged beyond my utmost scope, I learned its sweetness right. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Wedding Poem Ross Gay SNIPPET: … making me blush, and rock up on my tippy-toes, and just barely purse my lips with what I realize now was being, simply, glad, which such love, if we let it, makes us feel. [ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Emily Dickinson
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Ross Gay
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1 Peter 1:3-9
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Year A Second Sunday of Easter
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Monday, April 10, 2023