Giving voice to the weak

Christ making a statement
perhaps more for us than for his time
for the weak, for the voiceless
those on the margin of life

for the poor, the oppressed
those with limited resources
speaking words of truth
in the courts of their power

Christ making a statement
a call for our action, to arms
giving voice to the weak
those caught in the middle

for the poor, the oppressed
those with limited resources
speak words of truth
in the courts of their power


July 5, 2012
changing title to “Giving voice to the weak”
July 5, 2012
“Given voice to the weak – v2”
added second verse July 5, 2012
July 5, 2012
“Given voice to the weak – v1”
Mark 11:15-19
Jesus cleansing the Temple
sermon by Ziegler Award winner,
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/ziegler-sermon-neumc-annual-conference.html
Reverend Gary Richards
http://www.newcovenant-umc.org/?q=content/meet-our-pastor
speaking of the Methodist Movement as a
Resistance Movement,
something that made some people very uncomfortable,
including one long-time Methodist who probably was thinking of John Wesley’s words, “Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”
Annual Conference
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380
New England United Methodist Church
http://www.neumc.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc
led by Bishop Peter Weaver
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/318
June 6, 2012 to June 9, 2012

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