A Life’s Testimony

He was our witness,
one of our elders,
telling a tapestry
reading the threads of the story
different fibers woven into the fabric
the days of the patriarchs, the apostles
revealed, affirmed once more
echoed in the faith he has lived
offering for each one of us
a living life’s testimony
creating a contemporary vision
a modern framework
for unraveling the mystery
of Christian faith
out of their story and his own



June 10, 2007 16:54
Romans 4:13-25 & Hebrews 11:1-10
based on the sermon, “Hearing Faith”, by
the Reverend Orin D. Watson, retired ordained
elder with the Illinois Great Rivers Conference
of the United Methodist Church, a pastor for over
60 years, and a wonderful witness to faith




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