LESSON PSALM
What are the signs of Thy coming?
How shall we know Thy face?
How does Thy Spirit inhabit
The realm of inner space?
What are the fruits of repentance?
How are the yields brought forth?
How does Thy Vision exhibit
The wealth of inner worth?
God gives His children commandments –
He sends His priests to teach –
He walks among dispensations –
Extending light to each.
(13 February 2011; Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
PASSOVER PSALM
PASSOVER PSALM
My Father’s Business is to love –
His Time: eternity –
His Place: the temple hill above –
His Name: identity.
My Father’s Purpose is to save –
His Way: our agency –
His Manner: modest – honest – brave –
His Work: the family.
My Father’s Glory is to sing –
His Tune: redemption’s line –
His Lyric: revelation’s spring –
His Lute: the fruitful vine.
(13 February 2011; Pleasant Grove, Utah)
My Father’s Business is to love –
His Time: eternity –
His Place: the temple hill above –
His Name: identity.
My Father’s Purpose is to save –
His Way: our agency –
His Manner: modest – honest – brave –
His Work: the family.
My Father’s Glory is to sing –
His Tune: redemption’s line –
His Lyric: revelation’s spring –
His Lute: the fruitful vine.
(13 February 2011; Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
LINEN PSALM
LINEN PSALM
In this my sacred grove
I dedicate to Thee
Another day of lengthened stride –
Of tempered energy –
Of hearty thankfulness –
Of patience on the road –
Another try at reverent steps
To enter Thine abode.
(10 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
In this my sacred grove
I dedicate to Thee
Another day of lengthened stride –
Of tempered energy –
Of hearty thankfulness –
Of patience on the road –
Another try at reverent steps
To enter Thine abode.
(10 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
MORN PSALM
MORN PSALM
The Deer are on the hill at Dawn –
Their silhouettes declare
That lost is found and void is full
And hope is hiding there
And mundane shapes may come to life
With hyperbolic ears –
Monotony may shed its coat –
Surprise advancing years.
(9 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
The Deer are on the hill at Dawn –
Their silhouettes declare
That lost is found and void is full
And hope is hiding there
And mundane shapes may come to life
With hyperbolic ears –
Monotony may shed its coat –
Surprise advancing years.
(9 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
PROTECTION PSALM
PROTECTION PSALM
No bitterness – hypocrisy –
Should mar the calm defense
Of Standards we would emulate –
No rancor or pretense
Should undermine the purity
Of values we espouse –
The mantle of integrity
Is what the Truth allows.
(9 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
No bitterness – hypocrisy –
Should mar the calm defense
Of Standards we would emulate –
No rancor or pretense
Should undermine the purity
Of values we espouse –
The mantle of integrity
Is what the Truth allows.
(9 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
BAPTISM PSALM
BAPTISM PSALM (8-6-8-6)
The easy yoke – the burden light
Consists in His good name –
The answer to our earnest quest
Will always be the same.
No esoteric school of thought –
Sophisticated tome –
Can euphemize the substance of
The call that leads us Home.
Sincerity – the gentle mark –
Simplicity – the sign –
A sermo humilis in style
Means subtle discipline.
(8 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
The easy yoke – the burden light
Consists in His good name –
The answer to our earnest quest
Will always be the same.
No esoteric school of thought –
Sophisticated tome –
Can euphemize the substance of
The call that leads us Home.
Sincerity – the gentle mark –
Simplicity – the sign –
A sermo humilis in style
Means subtle discipline.
(8 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Monday, February 7, 2011
EXORDIUM PSALM
EXORDIUM PSALM
To resurrect is ordinance –
An order to Revive –
The one commandment all obey
Is coming back alive.
We have to leave the dust behind –
Forsake the hard-earned earth –
Walk out of stiff mortality
Into a vital Birth.
Our viability is sure –
Ordained by Highest Saint –
Who labored through our detritus –
But He made no complaint.
(7 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
To resurrect is ordinance –
An order to Revive –
The one commandment all obey
Is coming back alive.
We have to leave the dust behind –
Forsake the hard-earned earth –
Walk out of stiff mortality
Into a vital Birth.
Our viability is sure –
Ordained by Highest Saint –
Who labored through our detritus –
But He made no complaint.
(7 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
Saturday, February 5, 2011
TRUST PSALM
TRUST PSALM (Mormon 9)
Can I be spotless, pure, fair, white –
Cleansed by the guiltless Lamb?
Can I be humble – diligent –
Be like the meek I-AM?
Can I believe in miracles –
In promises He’ll grant?
Can I work out salvation
By faith if I repent?
(5 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
Can I be spotless, pure, fair, white –
Cleansed by the guiltless Lamb?
Can I be humble – diligent –
Be like the meek I-AM?
Can I believe in miracles –
In promises He’ll grant?
Can I work out salvation
By faith if I repent?
(5 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
LEXIS PSALM
LEXIS PSALM
I know how lace and silk can be
In words that we choose well –
I see how sensitivity
Can tailor what we tell.
I notice how lines wait on us
And turn into a verse –
I feel a text’s proclivity
To baptize and immerse.
(5 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
I know how lace and silk can be
In words that we choose well –
I see how sensitivity
Can tailor what we tell.
I notice how lines wait on us
And turn into a verse –
I feel a text’s proclivity
To baptize and immerse.
(5 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
NIKE PSALM
NIKE PSALM
He walks above his weakness –
He leaps above the lies –
He skips around the scandals –
Avoids a compromise –
He focuses on winning –
He finds the finish line –
He runs like revelation –
His nidus, the Divine.
He shows us how to vanquish –
He jumps the pain with smiles –
He practices til perfect –
He vindicates the trials.
He overcomes by bounding –
He springs to victory –
He celebrates his triumph –
His valedictory.
(5 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
He walks above his weakness –
He leaps above the lies –
He skips around the scandals –
Avoids a compromise –
He focuses on winning –
He finds the finish line –
He runs like revelation –
His nidus, the Divine.
He shows us how to vanquish –
He jumps the pain with smiles –
He practices til perfect –
He vindicates the trials.
He overcomes by bounding –
He springs to victory –
He celebrates his triumph –
His valedictory.
(5 February 2011, Provo, Utah)
COLOGNE PSALM
COLOGNE PSALM
Who were the Magi with their gifts?
Why did they see the Star?
Were they Three Kings – or Many Men?
Was their home close – or far?
From which great nations brought they gold –
And frankincense, and myrrh?
From which lands did they emigrate?
From Persia, Nod, or Shir?
How did they find the Savior’s house –
Avoiding Herod’s snare
With diplomatic sapience?
What prompted them to care?
Who taught them how to kneel before
The presence of a boy?
Who gave them wisdom’s prescience
That bribes could not destroy?
When we give presents in His name
Do we remember Them?
As we bow down to offer Him
A contrite heart – our gem?
(5-6 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Who were the Magi with their gifts?
Why did they see the Star?
Were they Three Kings – or Many Men?
Was their home close – or far?
From which great nations brought they gold –
And frankincense, and myrrh?
From which lands did they emigrate?
From Persia, Nod, or Shir?
How did they find the Savior’s house –
Avoiding Herod’s snare
With diplomatic sapience?
What prompted them to care?
Who taught them how to kneel before
The presence of a boy?
Who gave them wisdom’s prescience
That bribes could not destroy?
When we give presents in His name
Do we remember Them?
As we bow down to offer Him
A contrite heart – our gem?
(5-6 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
AWARD PSALM
AWARD PSALM
Forgiveness is my only prize –
All approbation Thine –
Thy mercy is my accolade –
The honor is not mine.
The constant pardoning of faults –
The softening of pride –
The overlooking my mistakes
And standing by my side.
My only victory is Thee –
Acknowledging my worth –
My only talent is to seek
To prosper in Thy work.
(4 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Forgiveness is my only prize –
All approbation Thine –
Thy mercy is my accolade –
The honor is not mine.
The constant pardoning of faults –
The softening of pride –
The overlooking my mistakes
And standing by my side.
My only victory is Thee –
Acknowledging my worth –
My only talent is to seek
To prosper in Thy work.
(4 February 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
SOPHIA PSALM
SOPHIA PSALM
Why is there existence?
What is the point of life?
Why instead of nothingness have
Children, father, wife?
Why is there creation?
Why universe of light?
Perceptions’s calculus of sense?
A choice of wrong or right?
Being gathers love in –
Choosing well, the aim –
Generations amplify their
Validity by name.
Poetry makes dwellings –
Cosmic rays bring views –
Revelation’s algebra sends
Every one good news.
(16 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Why is there existence?
What is the point of life?
Why instead of nothingness have
Children, father, wife?
Why is there creation?
Why universe of light?
Perceptions’s calculus of sense?
A choice of wrong or right?
Being gathers love in –
Choosing well, the aim –
Generations amplify their
Validity by name.
Poetry makes dwellings –
Cosmic rays bring views –
Revelation’s algebra sends
Every one good news.
(16 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
COSTUME DRAMA
COSTUME DRAMA
Skylark – Larkrise – Candleford flight –
Delicate cadence – my delight –
Minnie, Dorcas, Laura, and Ruth –
Ladies who learn to live by truth.
Purview is impervious sight –
Dominant goodness – souls contrite –
Dainty denizens – faithful friends –
Pray that this tale will never end.
(30-31 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
Skylark – Larkrise – Candleford flight –
Delicate cadence – my delight –
Minnie, Dorcas, Laura, and Ruth –
Ladies who learn to live by truth.
Purview is impervious sight –
Dominant goodness – souls contrite –
Dainty denizens – faithful friends –
Pray that this tale will never end.
(30-31 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
ANOINT PSALM
ANOINT PSALM
The blessing energy is real –
It organizes force –
It gives me strength to carry on –
It helps me to go forth
And do the things the Lord commands
With faith that I can be
A valiant servant for His work
In perpetuity.
(30 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
The blessing energy is real –
It organizes force –
It gives me strength to carry on –
It helps me to go forth
And do the things the Lord commands
With faith that I can be
A valiant servant for His work
In perpetuity.
(30 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
WAKING PSALM
WAKING PSALM
He wants to speak to us in dreams
And whispers in the mind –
A glowing feeling in the heart –
He wants us to be kind.
He want to talk to us in tongues
And gifts of prophesy –
Through visions, healings, wisdom, faith –
He wants our eyes to see.
He wants to free us from our fears
And whisk our tears away –
To build our confidence in Him
He teaches us to pray.
(29 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
He wants to speak to us in dreams
And whispers in the mind –
A glowing feeling in the heart –
He wants us to be kind.
He want to talk to us in tongues
And gifts of prophesy –
Through visions, healings, wisdom, faith –
He wants our eyes to see.
He wants to free us from our fears
And whisk our tears away –
To build our confidence in Him
He teaches us to pray.
(29 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
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