dropping our stone

Following Christ’s example,

maybe listening to him truly

if we even picked up a stone

if we were prepared to judge them

dropping our stones

knowing our own sin

not judging our neighbor

calling them sin

We may deny that is what we are doing

but the stone in our hands

the judgment beginning

unless we lift our hands

we raise our voice collective

unless we scream and shout

dropping our stones publicly

saying this has to stop!

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edited May 15, 2014

dropping our stone

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edited May 15, 2014

Calling my brother sin

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/calling-my-brother-sin.html

edited May 15, 2014

Calling me sin – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/calling-me-sin-v3.html

edited May 12, 2014

Calling me sin – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/calling-me-sin-v2.html

May 10, 2014

Calling me sin

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/calling-me-sin.html

Luke 7:39

Luke 7:41-47

John 4:3-10

John 4:1-42

Samaritan Woman at the Well

“Chapter 5. Sinners, Outcasts and the Poor”

The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

&

June 11, 2011

The Stone in Our Hands

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/06/stone-in-our-hands.html

John 8

&

Samuel Thompson’s

http://www.facebook.com/#!/keleayon

Inclusion Essay

shared at the New England United Methodist Church

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

in response to call by Reconciling Ministries Network

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

for essays describing, “My vision for an inclusive church”,

June 10, 2011

&

Love on Trial,

http://www.loveontrial.org/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-On-Trial/190582754298364

the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000572962166

which begins on June 20, 2011

http://www.rmnetwork.org/amy-delong/

&

in part inspired by conversations with

the Reverend John Makokha

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=556451505

Riruta UMC

http://rirutaumc.org

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

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

Great Commission

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