Sous la Construction
Je n’ai pas un poème pour écrire aujourd’hui.
Il y a vraiment rien je n’ai besoin de dire,
Mais demain quelquechose peut traverser mon esprit,
Et les idées seront changées aux lignes taillées
De ce bloc que les écrivains semblent partager.
Pour lire ce poème en anglais, cliquez ici.
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For teachers, summer is usually a time to get a break from the routines involved with their jobs. As the school teachers wound down the second semester, I was gearing up for this summer to prepare for educational and Christian programs for nearly 300 young people from ages 4 to 18 who are an important part of our church ministry. Now that August is here already, the school year will start soon as I am finishing the last weeks of a few projects. I’m also working with a few non-profits organizations and larger businesses to help with new programs to assist our youth in school.
The summer has gone fast, and I was personally involved in two of the programs my staff and I organized for this summer. I was a counselor at a traditional summer church camp with activities and campfires so I could have some time with my teenage son. Besides looking after him, I had others to look after and I had my share of bee stings and loose baby teeth. I also took part in a week-long “camp” of sorts which came about with a partnership with a local restaurant association and several prominent eateries. It was a cooking course aimed at preparing more healthy meals for lower costs than eating out, and I had my daughter along with me for this experience.
Beyond the usual trips during all the summer camps to the zoo and the museums, we had different programs to help teenagers raise their own children as they learned to appreciate their role in caring for God’s children. We also had computer camps so our youth can properly benefit from the many options developing from the Internet, especially the social media.
With the summer disappearing before my eyes, our staff is getting school supplies gathered to stuff into backpacks for more than 500 children, mostly from our church. We seem to fight the recovering economy when it comes to getting donations from people and businesses; however, we always get what we need and sometimes more, thanks to our Lord. Also, our push to restock our food pantry for hungry children has taken an extra meaning on my part after the class I had this summer.
Serving Jesus never ends, and He gives us challenges we can handle with the help of those around us. We just have to open our eyes and see.
Peace be you with always,
Rev. Paul Abernathy
“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” -2 Peter 1:2
Contact Paul Abernathy at paulabernathy@gmail.com.
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(Composite Photo by Mike Hall)
We like fireworks, just as much as the next person, but Patty and I waited for four hours after we claimed our spot next to the Ohio River in Louisville. It was a chance to get used to my new Canon camera, and see people walk by to the park for the 4th of July festival (see later photo this month). The wait was worth it for a 12-minute display. Click on the photo to see what we saw with patriotic music in the background.
If you could not see the video, click here.
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Photo GalleryThrough the magic of technology and computers, the World of Words by Elias Tobias presents a portfolio of ArtBrushed images that originated as digital photographs by Mike Hall. You save the entire image to your computer free, and use the ArtBrushed photo for wallpaper or the screensaver. You can print it and frame it, too. Just click on the image on this post and and choose the “Save photo as” option when you right click again. Select which folder the file will go, then you name that file. Approve the change and you’re set.
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Brother Karl Dobson has been in many different situations working with many people in his change of careers, and this is a reaction to an unspecified incident.
Love Doesn’t Want to Go by the Rules
Love doesn’t want to go by the rules,
and it makes us all look like crazy fools.
Everyone has a chance at his or her turn,
and with every small romance we learn
that love doesn’t want to go by the rules.
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Tic-Tac-Toe
Tic-tac-toe, Tic-tac-toe.
Get three things in a row.
Three tries, three x’s or o’s, three starts.
Win once, and choose another heart.
To win, you have to play, and all you need is cash.
Lady Luck might smile today.
You could find a love to last.
Tic-tac-toe, Tic-tac-toe.
Get three things in a row.
Three wishes, three chances, three lies
In the end, only the truth will survive.
Your words will follow you whenever your past is shown.
Your package may be new, but your future is on loan.
Tic-tac-toe, Tic-tac-toe.
Get three things in a row.
Three balls, three hits, three strikes.
Why is it so hard to see the light? So just play by the rules.
The Judge can tag you out. Others will think you’re cool,
and there will be no more doubt.
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La fuerza de la Naturaleza
Es una fuerza de la naturaleza
cuando hacemos el amor.
Es vibraciones sacuden las bases
de la tierra que causa los picos más
altos de montaña para volverse los
valles fértiles de emoción, y las
cascadas forman de se fracturó
piedras que revelan
sentimientos suprimidos
ocultados.
Estos sentimientos desembocan
en el corazón y me hacen me
quedo por las réplicas.
Oigo que el sonido de trueno después
de que el relámpago golpee la electricidad
en mi alma. Esto es una experiencia sólo
ambos de nosotros podrían saber.
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Levi Jacobs is next LSC member to be inducted
Levi Jacobs is a funeral director and main partner in Jacobs and Son Funeral Home in a Central Texas town. It’s a third generation business that he inherited from his father and is teaching his only surviving son, Michael, the trade. He is an honest, faithful and professional businessman who had another son, David, who was learning the biz, but died in an accident in 2008 while at Texas A&M University.
Jacob’s father, Joseph, was in the U.S. Army during WW II as a medic based in San Antonio when he was discharged. He met woman of German descent named Lydia and got married. He moved to Kerrville, near Fredericksburg, after he married and settled down. He used what service had taught him, in medical field, to start the family business. His only son, Levi, was born. They grew up there, and married Etta, short for Marietta, and they had two sons. Joseph died unexpectedly in 2007. His mother continues to work at the business and is the corporation’s CEO and Board Chairman, and Etta works in accounting department at family business.
Jacobs’ membership was sponsored by Christopher Benedict , who was attending a friends’ funeral in late February, 2010, at Jacobs and sons. Levi, a poet whose main theme is celebrating life, recognized Christopher Benedict as LSC member from the Web blog, World of words, and Levi showed him some of his work. Interested, Benedict decided to sponsor Levi as a candidate. A three member committee, E.T., Bill Kelso and Karl Dobson, conducted a background search and interview. The candidate was confirmed, and the LSC group voted as a whole to add him as another brother, thus establishing policy for further memberships.
Poetry First Aid can help your poetry sparkle
Sometimes the words don’t seem right, no matter how long you have thought about the feelings to be expressed in a poem, or you have not used the right tools to get the poem in a final form. Here is where I can help. With Poetry First Aid, a poem written by someone other than myself can be submitted to contact(at)eliastobias.net to Poetry First Aid. I’ll work with the original text, help edit it to be a better poem, and the result may be a better poem. The new poem belongs to the original writer, with all rights reserved. It’s free.
Free Poetry Poster
How would you like to get something to dress up your laptop or your desktop computer? The answer is a free poetry poster with one of my favorite poems, like Captian of My Ship. You can print it and frame it, too. Just double-click on the image on this page and choose the “Save photo as” option when you right click again. You name it. You can use it. Then find the “main page” link on the right side of the page to go back to the main page.
Enjoy.
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How to have a free poetry blog in three easy steps or claiming your homestead on the wild frontier of the Internet
For serious writers, there comes a time when various types of contests, open poetry nights, and sharing works to friends and family are just aren’t enough.
Publishing a book with a traditional concept, even with publishing-on-demand companies on the Internet, still takes some sort of cash investment. Self-publishing is how many great writers received their start, and it remains an option, if money is available. Like the open ranges of the Old West, the Internet offers alternatives to getting published without great costs for writers.
One option is to start a free poetry blog, and it can be done in three basic steps. First, decide what kind of blog will be created. Then get a free quality host that offers an independent e-mail option, and then third, maintain and promote the web site through personal and online network techniques. Click here for the complete version.
My Summer Vacation is theme for August
As a follow-up to last month’s theme, and as tribute to the thing that most people do in the summer, “My Summer Vacation,” is the theme for poetry in August 2010. It just so happens Patty and I went to Louisville, Kentucky, for a three-day vacation, and I have pictures and video to prove it. This month is also my birthday month. The Friday photos will reflect our experiences. The poems will be a vacation of sorts, a look back over the years, like thumbing through an old photo album.
unfinished dreams
unfinished dreams
haunt my mind as I
toss in my sleep.
the beginnings
of these thoughts
are silent and deep.
several asprins
to relieve the headache
is what I need.
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Les lignes de Vie
Les lignes de courbe de vie et coule naturellement.
Tous vous avez besoin de faire est ouvert vos yeux
pour voir les miracles de vie dans tous c’est la bonté.
Nous sommes signifiés pour vivre et le souffle librement.
Les plantes et les animaux pas boxes rigidement.
Le monde est circulaire, un fait, évidemment.
Le cycle de vie et de mort tourne constamment.
La nourriture, l’eau et la survie sont une réalité.
Chaque espèce › existance n’est pas guarenteed.
Le monde peut être épargné de la calamité, si nous, surtout
l’homme, travaillons pour c’est la sécurité.
C’est clair que l’effort doit être collectivement fait.
Les changements nécessaires sont une possibilité
seulement si nous pouvons vivre ensemble dans
l’harmonie dans la façon que le Seigneur a voulu l’être.
Les lignes de courbe de vie et coule naturellement.
Tous vous avez besoin de faire est ouvert vos yeux pour voir
les miracles de vie dans tous c’est la bonté.
Pour lire ce poème en anglais, cliquez ici.
There are many posters which can be downloaded for free, and you can find them here.
As a father and a husband, one of the gifts I have for my children are times they spend with their grandparents. During visits throughout the year, along with the traditional holidays, these parents have retired from being the day-to-day parents and have earned the rights in some ways treat the children in a special way different than I could ever do.
However, in the state of Washington and throughout the country, more grandparents are becoming parents again. In 2008, 40.7 percent of grandparents in this country were the primary caregivers, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The act of grandparents “keeping the family in the family” is as old as time, but what is alarming is the number of older people assuming this role. The choice is better than alternative than when a child is living with the parent involved or drugs or crime, or when there is no mother or father and the only other choice is a series of foster homes for the child.
My kids love their “Grammy”, but I believe their opinion would quickly change if my parents had to take charge of their lives on a daily basis, especially as the children enter the teenage years.
Children living with their grandparents tend to lag behind their peers, news articles stress, but this may not accurately reflect the impact of the grandparents when compared to the lives of the children while they were with their real parents. I’m sure a dash of old-fashioned wisdom never hurts anyone. In one article, a 14-year-old Chad, who has been with his grandparents since he was 6 months old, said, ”She (his grandmother) shown me love and kindness and has always been there for me. She’s always pushing me and pressuring me to keep going.”
While safety and security are positives for the children, the new life for the grandparents can be a challenge to “do it all over again.” There is change in comfortable lifestyle, and financial matters need to be considered. The incomes of the elderly are a problem and the thousands of dollars needed to raise a child in a lifetime pose problems. Health issues of the elderly may also be a factor, but keeping up with the kids would keep anyone young at heart.
The saying that is takes a village to raise a child is appropriate here. Local civic and non-profit organizations can fill in the gaps. The church has a responsibility to help both the children and the elderly to care for the needs of each group, especially when the two are in the same house. Our church has a special ministry to meet this combined need working in conjunction with these local organizations. The growth of the church continues because the lessons of time are being taught to the youth, the lifeblood of any church.
Peace be you with always,
Rev. Paul Abernathy
“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” -2 Peter 1:2
Contact Paul Abernathy at paulabernathy@gmail.com.
Want to know more about the members of Lambda Sigma Chi? Click here to meet the members of the unofficial fraternity.
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