May Christ Join Them
into their closed rooms
the hidden places within their
hearts
unhindered by our walls
by the rules we have created
barriers of man
our Book of Discipline
The living Spirit,
God, the great I Am,
entering in with them
into their closed room
opening closed hearts
closed doors to You
enter in with them
for this we pray
Edited
December 7, 2013
May
Christ Join Them – v3
(editing
original version again)
&
Edited
November 28, 2013
May
Christ Join Them – v2
(Thanksgiving
Day)
written
after conviction of Rev. Frank Schaefer
not
just about the juries but also
the
Council of Bishops
&
June
23, 2011
May
Christ Join Them
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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