Coins for the betrayer - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Mere coins for the betrayer
what a terrible cost
the price of his blood
resting on his head

Money for the zealot
for the price of our savior
the bounty that they sought
to keep hold of their power

Taken in secret
in the garden that night
betrayed by a kiss of a brother
handed over to the authorities

March 14, 2010
on seeing the following poem
as I posted it to FaithWriters this morning
a one-year backlog, based on 3 per day posting rule
and
March 14, 2010
Matthew 26:57-68
I John 4:16b-21
Isaiah 58:6-9 (Call to Worship)
Worship Theme: “Those who condemned Jesus”
and sermon, “Condemned By the Righteous”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the third in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 14, 2010
Fourth Sunday in Lent
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Caiaphas

Coins for the betrayer
arrest at night
A trumped up case
false witnesses
an oath before God
a judgment against the Messiah
leading to the cross

A priest believing in power
more than in God
loving the law
not the spirit,
the sweet taste of power
more than the love
of the Lord

April 10, 2009
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4

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