Monday, January 21, 2013

Choosing the Cross – v2


In the words of the sermon,
words of love on the mountainside;
seeds of the words, his actions,
his choosing the cross

The savior loving his enemies,
those who would persecute;
knowing the weight of his sacrifice,
the difference he could make

Choosing the pain, the shame
the nails on the cross;
bringing reconciliation, life eternal
hope for all of mankind

Choosing to love, freely
even those who would spit in his face;
an example for the ages
to all who claim His name



January 21, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural Address
&
&
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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