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This resource relating to Hebrews 11:1-16 provides a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633) highlighting one's life being hidden in Christ and a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) highlighting the fear of facing the truth.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Colossians 3:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
Colossians 3:3
George Herbert
My words and thoughts do both express this notion,
That Life hath with the sun a double motion.
The first Is straight, and our diurnal friend,
The other Hid, and doth obliquely bend.
One life is wrapped In flesh, & and tends to earth:
The other winds towards Him, whose happy birth
Taught me to live here so, That still one eye
Should aim and shoot at that which Is on high:
Quitting with daily labour all My pleasure,
To gain at harvest an eternal Treasure.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
truth
Gwendolyn Brooks
SNIPPET:
And if sun comes
How shall we greet him?
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Colossians 3:1-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 13 (Ordinary Time 18)
Date:
Tuesday, July 26, 2022