Thursday, May 15, 2014

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
edited May 15, 2014
Calling me sin – v3
edited May 12, 2014
Calling me sin – v2
May 10, 2014
Calling me sin
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
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
June 11, 2011
The Stone in Our Hands
John 8
&
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
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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