Saturday, February 16, 2013

our memory in the present


putting on the skin of history
donning the flesh of our ancestors
their dry bones within us
connect to the past
our memory in the present
in the story of our people
our past alive now
in the present, with us
all that had gone before
our reality within us



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February 16, 2013
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
“Firstfruits and Tithes”
Upper Room Disciplines for 2013
February 11, 2013 to February 17, 2013
“The Word Is Very Near You”
by Susan Blair
for February 15, 2013
read February 15, 2013

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