The Stigma of Difference – v3

The stigma of difference

not even acknowledged

blind, complicit

always in secret, denial

setting us apart

when we are all one

fallen before the Lord

each of us sinners

none better than the rest

all with feet of clay

needing Christ to be whole

righteous, worthy

nothing about us

different before God

Edited August 23, 2013

The Stigma of Difference – v3

May 27, 2011

The Stigma of Difference

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/different-stairs-v2.html

racial bullying at Pembroke Academy

and

in part inspired by conversations with

the Reverend John Makokha

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=556451505

Riruta United Methodist Church

http://rirutaumc.homestead.com

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

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

Great Commission

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