reflections, mirroring the Savior’s
words
the path that the Christ
walked,
living out the words
proclaimed on the mountainside
the words of love, even for
our enemies
even those actively
tormenting, persecuting us
those who would harm us, for
being who we are
These words, guiding his
steps, his ministry,
his non-violent response, to
the violence,
to the oppression, that
right would triumph
that the just God would
watch over
all of God’s people, that we
as a nation
would overcome the legacy of
hate
that Christ’s love, preached
on the mountainside
would transform the world
enemies no more, living
together
together walking across that
divide
into a promised land of
peace
Struggling when there was
darkness
continuing in the work of
our brother
bringing hope into the dark
world
never giving up, always
trusting in God
ever honoring the Master’s
call
changing hate to love
even love for our enemies
like water chiseling rock
=====
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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