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	<title>CHARIS SHALOM &#187; Poetry</title>
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		<title>I Give You Back</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2010/03/i-give-you-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Give You Back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy Harjo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a very difficult time posting much of anything lately.  I don&#8217;t seem to be much of a blogger anymore.  Perhaps it is just a phase, but I haven&#8217;t made time or had much inspiration in a while.  I am having fun with some artistic release as Moonface Martin in &#8220;Anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poem</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2009/02/poem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Passion/heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once built a wall in my heart.
I called it confidence;
You called it pride.
And I bricked it in.
I then built a wall I called faith.
You called it piousness.
And I bricked it in.
Next came a wall I called leadership;
You called it arrogance.
And I bricked it in.
I then built a wall I called compassion.
You called it neediness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Verse For God&#8217;s Blessings in Tanner, Keaton &amp; Regan</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/08/verse-for-gods-blessings-in-tanner-keaton-regan/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/08/verse-for-gods-blessings-in-tanner-keaton-regan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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I wrote these for Tara on Mother&#8217;s Day this year
 
 
 
Tanner Gracen
A mind full of wonderâ€”Ever thinking;Always growing,Artistically creating the world anew.So fun to watch, this work of geniusAs he flutters from one focus to another,Needing not to attend to one thing long.For as quickly as he seesSo does he understand,And off to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captured</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/06/captured/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/06/captured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Captured
A feeling I can&#8217;t explain
Living life for me;
I did what I &#8220;wanted&#8221; to do.
Seeking my every desire,
Fulfilling the urges of my heart.
First, happy -
Believing I was living the world&#8217;s dream;
Then, tired -
Unable to keep up with the latest speed;
Slipping into boredom
Because no matter what I tried,
I ultimately found discontent.
Becoming bitter -
Because the fantasy life I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desiring God</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/06/contributorstara-rileybryan-riley-links-google-news-edit-me-edit-me-previous-posts-apologies-in-advance-for-any-inconveni-2/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/06/contributorstara-rileybryan-riley-links-google-news-edit-me-edit-me-previous-posts-apologies-in-advance-for-any-inconveni-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books and More]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion/heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Praise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idolatry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing from Philadelphia, PA, as I am preparing for a lengthy trial. I&#8217;m reading Desiring God by John Piper on the recommendation of my good friends over at www.arkansasrazorbaptist.blogspot.com. Fantastic!!! On p. 99 he quotes from a C.S. Lewis sermon as follows:
If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Lives</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/plastic-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/plastic-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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I am taking a moment to post something apolitical and simply a commentary on today&#8217;s society.
Plastic-Tucked away,Unnatural effortsAt foreplay.What lies insideDriving these gains,A desire to improveOr distractions from hidden pain?Why do we so oftenLook in the mirrorAnd see something dreadful,A caricature of what is actually there?It seems especially oddWhen to others we showA brave facade,And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Am I Blogging?</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/why-am-i-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/why-am-i-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Following Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion/heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Warfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unity]]></category>

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Wow.  Being new to blogging, I am somewhat surprised at how cynically people can view another&#8217;s words, even when the words are straight from scripture.  Perhaps as an attorney and someone who is starting to have some years behind him, I shouldn&#8217;t be so surprised, but I am.  I recently posted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of &#8230; Focus</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/out-of-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/out-of-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idolatry]]></category>

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Focus&#8230;Where is yours?Are you focused on something you can share,or something you can&#8217;t dareLet others scrutinize?Is there fear in your eyesWhen someone might guessWhat you cannot confess?Does it keep you up at night,Or is your heart light?Are you afraid someone might see,Or are you living free,Free of worry and free of care&#8211;a life of love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Control</title>
		<link>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/contributorstara-rileybryan-riley-links-google-news-edit-me-edit-me-previous-posts-apologies-in-advance-for-any-inconveni/</link>
		<comments>http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2006/05/contributorstara-rileybryan-riley-links-google-news-edit-me-edit-me-previous-posts-apologies-in-advance-for-any-inconveni/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Riley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratefulness]]></category>

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As a hummingbird flutters its wings
So my focus shifts&#8211;
One moment joy,
The next despair;
A thought of love
Deteriorating into lust.
What should I do,
When my own heart I can&#8217;t trust?
At once giving freely
And holding tightly;
Letting go
While gripping fast;
Disciplined
Then uncontrolled;
Relaxed
Then urgent.
The paradoxes of my soul
Overwhelm me.
In spite of all this
You promise me love and life,
So as I sink lower
Into [...]]]></description>
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