We may not be
there
standing in the
jury box
we may be
distant
from the trial,
that place but
We are there
casting the first stone
in the crowd
with the others
when we are
silent
standing by,
quiet,
letting the
others. . .
throw stones in
our name
We may not be
there
but we are judging
the others
denying God’s
love
the model of
Christ
throwing stones
in our name
in the crowds
with them
denying them
love
to stand in the
presence
to come before
God
standing in
judgment
We are there casting
the first stone
Edited
November 20, 2013
“Throwing
Stones in Our Name – v3”
after
conviction and verdict against Rev. Frank Schaefer
Edited
November 16, 2013
Throwing
Stones in Our Name – v2”
June
11, 2011
Throwing Stones in Our Name
Edited
November 15, 2013
An
Inclusive Church – v5
(editing
original version again)
Edited
September 8, 2013
An Inclusive Church – v4
Edited
September 1, 2013
An Inclusive Church – v3
Edited
August 28, 2013
An Inclusive Church – v2
June
12, 2011
An Inclusive Church
John 8
&
June
23, 2011
Able
to Breath – unedited
&
Edited September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy – v2”
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
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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
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
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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