God did not call you

The words of pain evident
the judgment nearly complete
the words shouted
even before translation
the hush, without condemnation
the language spoken straight

God did not call you
you must be horribly mistaken
He did not call you to the pulpit
to love this kind of person
God did not make you gay
it was your mortal choice


May 3, 2012
inspired
United Methodist Church General Conference
GC2012 – discussions in morning session
poem today, “You are Sin”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/05/you-are-sin.html
&
earlier poem, “You Must be Mistaken”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/you-must-be-mistaken.html
April 28, 2012
Passage of Paragraph #304.3 language in committee at
United Methodist General Conference 2012
http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.8029511/k.8489/General_Conference_2012__The_United_Methodist_Church.htm
barring ordination for same-sex candidates, those guilty of pre-marital sex, and adultery.
http://calms.umc.org/2012/Text.aspx?mode=Petition&Number=994
http://salvagedfaith.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/questionsimplications-re-paragraph-304-3-gc2012/
&
earlier poem, “Grieving in my spirit – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/grieving-in-my-spirit-v2.html
edited April 29, 2012
&
and earlier poem,
“I am broken, I am hurting”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-am-broken-i-am-hurting.html
April 29, 2012
Luke 24:13-16
Luke 22:19
Luke 24:30-21
Luke 24:13-35
Walk to Emmaus
Matthew 28:18-20
The Great Commission
Postscript:
“The Words After That”
Final Words from the Cross
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827
http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton
https://twitter.com/#!/RevAdamHamilton
&
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
&
Matthew 28:18-20
Great Commission
&
Luke 24:13-35
Walk to Emmaus
&
path of my wife to the United Methodist Church
after she felt the call to ministry
and was told that her church (Baptist)
did not believe women serving in the pulpit
was consistent with scripture.
&
John 8:1-11
&
Samuel Thompson’s
http://www.facebook.com/#!/keleayon
Inclusion Essay
shared at the New England United Methodist Church
Annual Conference
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195
in response to call by Reconciling Ministries Network
http://www.rmnetwork.org/
for essays describing, “My vision for an inclusive church”,
June 10, 2011

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