Out of division,
rancor
of bitterness,
of schism
a time to come
together
to embrace our siblings
standing with them
to stand against
injustice
against our own
law
we are unjust
when we are the
ones
standing in
judgment
casting our
neighbors out
picking up our stones
setting the
limits, boundaries
denying them the
love of Jesus
setting them
apart.
Edited
October 11, 2013
A
time to come together – v4
(editing
version 3)
Edited
September 28, 2013
A
time to come together – v3
(editing original again)
Edited
September 18, 2013
A
time to come together – v2
June
12, 2011
A
time to come together
June
13, 2011
Looking down at my hands
&
Edited
September 7, 2013
“Making
the secular Holy – v2”
new
poem September 7, 2013
“Making
the secular Holy”
----
This
poem is about my wife and me when we got married
in
a civil service on December 17, 2004 in Concord, NH in White Park
and
then before our church family at
Wesley
United Methodist Church in Concord, NH
on
April 23, 2005.
----
We
celebrate 2 anniversaries because they both mean a great
deal
to us, in very different ways.
I
grieve for those who are able to marry civilly in so many
states
now, such as NH, but are unable to marry in their
United
Methodists churches and for the clergy who are put on trial
for
choosing to go against the Discipline to marry them.
&
trials
of Rev. Frank Schaefer
and
Rev. Thomas Ogletree
and Rev. Steve Heiss
&
Edited
September 7, 2013
For
Offering Love – v2
June
22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
Matthew 10:40-42
2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16
Psalm 13
Worship Theme: “All Are Welcome”
and sermon: “Ambassadors for God”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
June 26, 2011
Second Sunday in Pentecost
&
note of Cynthia Good
on Keith Olbermann Special Comment
and
Passage of gay marriage bill in New York last night
&
posting on my Facebook page
“my 'heart' sinks with your continued association with the United
Methodist church. God's Word clearly says that the Lord’s command is no females
are allowed to be leaders. 1 Cor. 14:33-38; 1 Tim 2:12-3:12. Violating God's
Word is not a recommended path to follow.”
&
verdict and judgment in Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,
&
John 8:1-11
&
June
23, 2011
Able
to Breath – unedited
&
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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