Where is Christ
the mercy of the Savior
the hope of our redemption
judging our neighbors
Rigid language
unbending, unfeeling
tearing us apart
Rebuking closed-heart authority
judging one another
divisions unimportant
Love knows no label
only that we are God’s children
all of us the same
Edited August 25, 2013
Closed-heart authority – v2
June
13, 2011
Closed-heart authority
John 8
&
Samuel Thompson’s
Inclusion Essay
shared at the New England United
Methodist Church
Annual Conference
in response to call by Reconciling
Ministries Network
for essays describing, “My vision for an inclusive church”,
June 10, 2011
&
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,
which begins on June 20, 2011
&
in part inspired by conversations with
the Reverend John Makokha
Riruta UMC
Other Sheep Afrika-Kenya http://www.othersheep.org/OSEA_CL_Other_Sheep_Kenya.html
Children of Africa Hope Mission Project in
the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. http://rirutaumc.homestead.com/children_of_africa.html
&
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
&
Matthew 28:18-20
Matthew 28:18-20
Great Commission
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