Transforming words,
living Christ’s words
explaining much, holy,
about why we are here,
in this sanctuary, in this fellowship,
remembering the preacher, the teacher
his birthday weekend,
his ministry, his movement,
transformed by the words of the Christ,
knowing the sacrifice, the pain,
each would endure
knowing the love each one bore
the call of the Master,
to serve, not to be served
to care, not to be cared for,
to give, not to receive
to love rather than to hate
to stare persecution in the face
to offer themselves for that which is right
to leave a legacy of love, of hope
for this time and for all time
living Christ’s words;
So we are called to do
if we are to claim his name
if we are to serve the Master
in all of our days
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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