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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