WEBSITES OF ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY
| [09.18.2007]
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Norm Strauss, Sheri Funk and Andrew Smith - An ascoustic trio ---- www.smithfunkandstrauss.com/
Andrew Smith - www.sonicbids.com
Kim McMechan - writer, songwriter and coach ---- www.livelusciously.com/
Karla Doell - Artist ---- www.karladoell.com
Naomi Bothe - Creator's Arts Center ---- www.creatorsarts.com
Todd Rutkowski - writer, poet, developer ---- www.toddrutkowski.com/
Rachael & Alisha MacGregor - Songwriters, Musicans --- www.themacgregors.com/
Nico Boesten --- www.nicogroove.com
Candace Berry --- www.candaceberry.com
POEM - CALLING ME BACK TO YOU
| [05.19.2007]
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(Psalm 73)
When heartache comes my way
I am pained by what is revealed
My response so ignorant so foolish
How lost and senseless it feels
Yet I still belong to you
Your sovereignty calls to me again
Reminding me of your unearned favour
I am broken again inside
Undeserving, calling me home calling me back to you
When my actions and striving fail me
My trust grows weak inside
What I do summons no response
Earning your love seems the place to hide
Yet I still belong to you
Your sovereignty calls to me again
Reminding me of your unearned favour
I am broken again inside
Undeserving, calling me home calling me back to you
There is no place where I can find rest
No freedom my performance can ensue
Yet your favour meets me in my place of need
Filling my heart, calling me back to you
Yet I still belong to you
Your presence strengthening my heart
Reminding that whom I have on earth is you
I am broken again inside
Undeserving, I still belong to you
Todd Rutkowski
POEM - UNSHELTERED MOMENT
| [04.29.2007]
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The cross came thru
To the anguish of her heart
All hope lost
Leaving all undone
The cross came thru
As the moments of death & life
collided upon her desperate beauty
She so hated
The cross came thru
Jesus spoke her name to his Angels
Majestic they gathered
And stood patiently waiting for her to fall
Into their arms of Promised love and hope
In one unsheltered moment
The cross came thru
As he whispered her name in love
The all consuming swords of death fell.
In his victory – The cross came thru
Ruth W
POEM - THE JESUS TABLE
| [04.13.2007]
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It is so close yet out of my control
Query of belonging speaks most
What will we make of it many ask
Shared life yet I still reach for my mask
I have been to the table
But not alone
With the many a shared life
I find I belong
I am not alone I settle inside
We are not alone we don’t have to hide
It is His table to which we are invited
At His table our demons end fighting
It is not my gifts that require resolve
For the table I sit at stayed it all
When I forget who I am and flounder in my way
I look to the table for it is there I may
For I belong at the table
There is a place set for me
Shared life is provided
Can inclusion be for me?
Then it subtly escapes my heart
Who can come to this table whispers within
This stranger beside me, my brokenness may see
I must first slay the outcast in me
I fear this table I love to touch
Belonging to those I don’t know how much
I eat at this table carefree and secure
When I do I can give what was given so pure
Todd Rutkowski
