Not built like a wall – v6

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

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/not-built-like-wall-v3.html

 (editing original again)

Edited August 28, 2013

Not built like a wall – v2

June 29, 2011

Not built like a wall

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/not-built-like-wall.html

Reverend Janet Wolf

http://www.hobsonumc.org/LeadServants/PastoralTeam.aspx

http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/00so/ministry.html

Sermon, Hymn, Poem - June 23, 2011

http://loveontrial.org/pages/liturgy.html#wolf

Reverend Amy Delong

Love on Trial,

http://www.loveontrial.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-On-Trial/190582754298364

the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000572962166

http://www.rmnetwork.org/amy-delong/

&

John 8:1-11

&

Samuel Thompson’s

http://www.facebook.com/#!/keleayon

Inclusion Essay

shared at the New England United Methodist Church

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

in response to call by Reconciling Ministries Network

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

for essays describing, “My vision for an inclusive church”,

June 10, 2011

&

in part inspired by conversations with

the Reverend John Makokha

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

Riruta UMC

http://rirutaumc.org

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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