Needing
to remember
that
story of Mary
in
the dusty street
accused,
before Jesus
at
his feet, afraid
about
to be punished
They
dropped their stones
their
righteous judgment
remembering
their own sin
at
the words of Jesus
none
claiming the right
to
cast the first stone
All
of them guilty
the
same as us now
none
better than her
our
feet made of clay
they
did not stand in judgment
the
crowd walked away.
Edited
October 30, 2013
The
Crowd Walks Away – v4
Edited
September 20, 2013
The
Crowd Walks Away – v2
June
13, 2011
The Crowd Walks Away
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
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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