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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Jesus forgives us – v2


In the story of Mary
in his words on the cross
Jesus forgives us
redeems us from the lost

calling our neighbors
the ones who would judged
a lesson in forgiveness
in not casting the first stone

Jesus forgives us
yet we judge one another
holding onto our stones
when we should love them


Edited October 9, 2013
Jesus forgives us – v2
June 19, 2011
Jesus forgives us
Edited October 7, 2013
&
For Offering Love – v5
Edited September 25, 2013
For Offering Love – v3
 (editing original again)
Edited September 7, 2013
For Offering Love – v2
June 22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
This poem is about my wife and me when we got married
civilly 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
&
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,
which begins on June 20, 2011
&
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
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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