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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Unlike in this Story – v2


We are another crowd
unlike in this story
picking up our stones
off the sanctuary floor

Ready to throw them in judgment
unashamed of our sin
ready to carry them with us
out into the world.


edited November 12, 2015
Unlike in this Story – v7
(editing original again)
edited March 2, 2014
Unlike in this Story – v6
(editing original again)
Edited November 11, 2013
Unlike in this Story – v5
(editing original again)
Edited September 28, 2013
Unlike in this Story – v4
(editing original again)
Edited August 29, 2013
Unlike in this Story – v3
(editing original again)
Edited August 28, 2013
Unlike in this Story – v2
June 14, 2011
Unlike in this Story
John 8:1-11
&
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
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


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,070+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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