Friday, August 29, 2014

With My Feet of Clay – v2

Walking in this world
with my feet of clay;
knowing I am called
to be salt today

Not losing my sense
my surety of my poverty,
the sin that was my sentence,
my judgment in this life

Speaking out for them
that I may be light;
sharing the love
doing what is right

Listening to the words
that come into my heart;
aching for my brothers, my sisters
those who are crying out

Speaking because I must
taking up their cause;
their cries for freedom
resonating in my heart

With my feet of clay
coming from the earth,
though I am salt,
lifting the people up

The cry, light
up on the lampstand;
hoping they will taste freedom,
free in their homeland


edited August 29, 2014
With My Feet of Clay – v2

February 19, 2011
With My Feet of Clay
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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