Tag Archives: hope

Shrove Tuesday

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

In 2022, on Shrove Tuesday,forty miles of Russian tanks drove into Kiev,as a global climate report announced that more parts of the planetwould soon be hot, underwater, rife with mosquitos, or extinct.The pandemic had been going for two years. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Poetry, Your Monday Blessing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When You Can’t Even

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Here is something you can do. Place your shoulder.Or back. Or belly. Leg, arm. The firmness of your foot.Some part of you.Against the ground, gently.Or the linoleum floor. Or the sofa. Or sit.You might close your eyes. Then, rock. Gently.Rock … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Poetry, Your Monday Blessing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

POST SOLSTICE

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

We’re on the winning side now, my champions,destined for increase, strength, rude health, and laurels.Sure, the car might not start, and the temperaturemight keep us down for a day, or longer,yes, the wicked one, or even the cops,may lay in … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Poetry | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Good Friday prayer

Posted on April 14, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

On this good, good Friday my heart goes out to my companions at Calvary, by which I mean those who are witnesses to the death of life and end of love, those who are broken open like crumbs upon the … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Poetry, Prayers & Meditations | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Halloween Dream

Posted on November 2, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

It has been foretold that you will enter an uncertainty, vast and deep – a dark wood, unattempted yet in prose or rhyme – armed only with an orange, plastic, pumpkin bucket. Your parent or guardian is in the distance … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Poetry, Your Monday Blessing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Your Monday Blessing: The Phoenix by Cheryl Dedecker

Posted on January 5, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Your New Year’s Monday blessing comes to you from the pen of a friend and poet, Cheryl DeDecker. Thank you, Cheryl! The Phoenix 2015 A sense of anticipation And a dull sense of sadness Both claiming space in her heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotional Poetry, Your Monday Blessing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Your Monday blessing: ‘Tis the Season

Posted on October 20, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

‘Tis the Season Autumn’s ancient days are freshly here – The fall of man’s ambition, bringing grace. Angelic ghosts and costumed babes endear The infant twinklings ‘neath the moon’s new face. Delicious dark, your mystery unbound Brings freedom to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Your Monday Blessing | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hope sermon (text)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

“Hope: The Future of the World” Living a Visionary Life Sermon Series Rev. Bob Janis-Dillon The First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hunterdon County 6/1/2014 It was a beautiful beginning. The star of stars burst into being, the world exploded into … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons, Sermons - Text | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Easter poem

Posted on April 21, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The life of the world is alive again, The children are at play, The lilies, the songbirds, all our friends, The joy that rain and sunshine sends, All greet our hearts today. The winter’s cold, but fertile tomb, As dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Other poetry | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stewardship Sermon: “The Math of Potlucks”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

NOTE: I learned, after I wrote this sermon, that a few extremely generous people who raised their pledge during our Stewardship Sunday, and gave more than they already had decided they would. I want you to know this is the greatest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons, Sermons - Text | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment