We delude ourselves
if we think we are an island
as if America
could stand isolated
We are mistaken
if we think we can bargain
if we can be biased
and not be found out
Unrest in the Maghreb
the winds spreading
change coming
like the blowing of sand
The world around
all on edge
the Middle East ablaze
when will there be rest
Ancient battles raging
Abraham’s sons fighting
no rest, no peace
the world in the conflict
The nations changing
in rapid, real-time
changing by election
and by revolution
Sudden movement
like sands on the wind,
justice to come;
Oh let it begin.
===
edited August 2, 2014
Unrest in the Maghreb – v2
February 19, 2011
Unrest in the Maghreb
on the transformations since the beginning of January -
all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria,
Libya,
Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.
and
especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February 11, 2011
&
and the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February 18, 2011
&
hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
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
&
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
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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