Friday, June 10, 2011

Mend First

For some, on the way to communion,
to be made whole, to mend first
to come before the table
before offering, before receiving
a gift to God, a healing word
confession, forgiving
mending the breach
with a brother, a sister
coming together
healed, before the table of God


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edited January 23, 2016
Sow Peace – v4
(merging edits to version 2 and version 3)
edited September 5, 2015
Sow Peace – v3
(editing version 2)
edited August 19, 2015
Sow Peace – v2
May 30, 2011
Sow Peace
&
edited August 21, 2015
A Harvest of Peace – v2
June 4, 2011
A Harvest of Peace
June 10, 2011
Wisdom from Above
June 10, 2011
The gears meshing
June 10, 2011
Consider in a Calm Season
June 10, 2011
In other decisions
June 10, 2011
Mend First
June 10, 2011
Able to Reconcile
June 10, 2011
Honest Dialogue
June 10, 2011
Spoken out of Love
June 4, 2011
Through Brokenness
June 4, 2011
How We Act Toward Others
May 30, 2011 and May 31, 2011
Live Peaceably
May 30, 2011
Awkward Seasons
Matthew 18:15-22
Romans 12:17-18
James 3:1-18
Matthew 5:24
and second in a two-part sermon series entitled
“Sensitivity Training II: When Church Folk Don’t Get Along.”
Peter said he “was not preaching this sermon because we are having difficulty with this issue. I am preaching it because I firmly believe the best time to consider matters such as this is when tensions are not high and we can reflect on good spiritual practices that can keep our relationships healthy.  The middle part of Matthew 18 offers a good plan for conflict resolution.” 
by the Reverend Peter A. Hey,
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
May 29, 2011


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