of the one who would go to the cross
are we able to change the world
replacing hatred and war,
with love, forgiveness, and peace
Something so simple, so hard to do
all within us; able only,
with the help of the Spirit
living inside each one of us
Acts in the world,
as the world is seen by God
all of us sinners, all of us unworthy
of his love, of his saving, of his grace
Like Christ, like those before us
if we are to follow his example
we must let go of our hate and our anger
and love our neighbors,
all of us children of God
----
January
21, 2013
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
&
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
----
January 18, 2009
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for
Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of
waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
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