Free to Testify

She was free,
free of the script,
the words, the guide
she had sitting before her
Free to speak from her heart
from her experience,
from her faith.
Seeing a difference,
moving from teaching to preaching,
sharing a stronger, more relevant message
with the congregation
Free to share the words of hope
the strong words of baptism
of joining the priesthood,
you and me, when we claim our right
our adoption in the family of God


July 30, 2007 15:53
“Free At Last”, the sermon by Ruth L. Foss,
Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH
July 29, 2007
On the change in the preaching of her sermon
after she stopped reading and started witnessing
to the gift of adoption
Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19)


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