The winds of change raging
standing on shifting sands
needing to stand for justice
righteousness in those lands
The dictators, the despots
need to leave the stage
that the time of the people
this is their time, the age
The people will judge us
see us for who we are
will we stand with them now
in this time of crisis
We need to be certain
that the people will know
that our hearts are with
them
that it is time for them to
go
Or will we stand
with their oppressors
our country standing, again,
on sinking sand
We should fight for justice
a light into this world
remembering we are salt
and these are our neighbors
Worthy of our aid, our help
in this their time of need
standing with the captives
not those in power and greed
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edited August 2, 2014
Shifting Sands – v2
February 16, 2011
Shifting Sands
hearing claim by President
Obama yesterday
in a news conference that
when history books tell it
we will be seen as being
on the right side of history
in how the United States
responded
(after driving Erica to
school this morning)
February 16, 2011
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“Our Revolution was like
Wikipedia”
February 14, 2011
&
Post on Twitter by Wael
Ghonim
“This is
Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.”
February 13, 2011
&
on the transformations of
the last 4 weeks -
all the protests in Egypt,
Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia,
Algeria, Libya, Jordan,
Iran, etc.
and
especially the resignation
of Hosni Mubarak
February 11, 2011
and see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February
3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua
&
Matthew
5:13-20 (NRSV)
(and
Matthew 5:1-12, Beatitudes)
John
6:51 (Call to Worship)
Isaiah
58.6-12 (NRSV)
John
13:34-35 and Ephesians 4:4-6
(“They'll
Know We Are Christians by Our Love”, The Faith We Sing #2223)
Micah
6:8
(“We
Are Called”, The Faith We Sing #2172)
Call
to Worship (John 6:51)
Prayer
of Confession
Prayer
of Dedication
Worship
Theme: “A Meal for All People”
and
sermon, “Salty Christians”
by
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
February
6, 2011
Fifth
Sunday after Epiphany
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