Growing like a garden
our faith, community
the word germinating
shoots coming in God’s time
rising from good soil
seeds blowing
scattered on the wind
finding new soil
beating hearts
Not built like a wall
stone upon stone
growing like the vine
of our living God
the church growing
spreading, merging
adopting others
cutting, tended,
grafted into the vine
Edited September 29, 2013
Not built like a wall – v6
(editing version 3)
Edited September 28, 2013
Not built like a wall – v5
(editing original again)
Edited September 26, 2013
Not built like a wall – v4
Edited September 25, 2013
Not built like a wall – v3
(editing original again)
Edited August 28, 2013
Not built like a wall – v2
June
29, 2011
Not built like a wall
Reverend
Janet Wolf
Sermon,
Hymn, Poem - June 23, 2011
Reverend
Amy Delong
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend
Amy DeLong,
&
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
&
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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