A Balm to the Schisms – v3

may I be water

to quench the fire

not gasoline to fuel

the flames ignited

let me be open

to different opinions

let me be open to God’s love

may I be oil on the water

a balm to the schism, the

exposed wounds revealed

may my words be stitches

to bind us together

my life a witness

to God’s redeeming love.

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edited October 4, 2014

A Balm to the Schisms – v3

edited October 4, 2014

A Balm to the Schisms – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-balm-to-schisms-v2.html

July 31, 2014

A Balm to the Schisms

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-balm-to-schisms.html

Romans 9:1-5

Philippians 3:4-6

Upper Room Disciplines for 2014

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-22987.htm

for July 30, 2014

read July 30, 2014

&

July 28, 2014 to August 3, 2014

“Thy Name is Love . . .”

by E. Byron Anderson

https://www.facebook.com/ron.anderson.96387

http://www.chalicepress.com/Author.aspx?AuthorID=142

Professor

http://www.garrett.edu/faculty-profile?faculty_id=35

http://www.garrett.edu/gmedia/faculty/cv/anderson_ron.pdf

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

http://www.garrett.edu/

https://www.facebook.com/garrettseminary

&

overview page

Genesis 32:22-31

“Jacob Wrestles with God”

Psalm 17:1-7, 15

“A Prayer for Protection”

Romans 9:1-5

“God and the Jewish People” (NCV)

(Romans 9:1-33)

Matthew 14:13-21

“More than Five Thousand Fed” (NCV)

feeding of the five thousand

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