Out of division,
rancor
a time to come
together
to embrace our
sister
our brothers, all
of them
standing with
her, with him, with them
against injustice
against our own
law
we are unjust,
judging
setting someone
outside
the circle of our
faith
we are the ones, the
pious,
standing in
judgment
casting our
neighbors out
denying them the
love of Jesus
setting them
apart.
====
edited October 22, 2014
A time to come together – v6
(editing original again)
Edited December
7, 2013
A time to come
together – v5
(editing original
version again)
written after the
conviction of Rev. Frank Schaefer
&
Edited October
11, 2013
A time to come
together – v4
(editing version
3)
Edited September
28, 2013
A time to come
together – v3
(editing original again)
Edited September
18, 2013
A time to come
together – v2
June 12, 2011
A time to come
together
June 13, 2011
Looking down at
my hands
&
Edited September
7, 2013
“Making the
secular Holy – v2”
new poem
September 7, 2013
“Making the
secular Holy”
----
This poem is
about my wife and me when we got married
in a civil service
on December 17, 2004 in Concord, NH in White Park
and then before
our church family at
Wesley United
Methodist Church in Concord, NH
on April 23,
2005.
----
We celebrate 2
anniversaries because they both mean a great
deal to us, in
very different ways.
I grieve for
those who are able to marry civilly in so many
states now, such
as NH, but are unable to marry in their
United Methodists
churches and for the clergy who are put on trial
for choosing to
go against the Discipline to marry them.
&
trials of Rev.
Frank Schaefer
and Rev. Thomas
Ogletree
and Rev. Steve Heiss
&
Edited September
7, 2013
For Offering Love
– v2
June 22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
Matthew 10:40-42
2 Kings 4:8-11,
14-16
Psalm 13
Worship Theme:
“All Are Welcome”
and sermon:
“Ambassadors for God”
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
Suncook United
Methodist Church
June 26, 2011
Second Sunday in
Pentecost
&
note of Cynthia Good
on Keith Olbermann Special
Comment
and
Passage of gay marriage bill in
New York last night
&
posting on my Facebook page
“my 'heart' sinks with your
continued association with the United Methodist church. God's Word clearly says
that the Lord’s command is no females are allowed to be leaders. 1 Cor.
14:33-38; 1 Tim 2:12-3:12. Violating God's Word is not a recommended path to
follow.”
&
verdict and judgment in Love on
Trial,
the case against the Reverend
Amy DeLong,
&
John 8:1-11
&
June 23, 2011
Able to Breath –
unedited
&
John 8:1-11
&
Samuel Thompson’s
Inclusion Essay
shared at the New
England United Methodist Church
Annual Conference
in response to
call by Reconciling Ministries Network
for essays describing, “My
vision for an inclusive church”,
June 10, 2011
&
in part inspired by
conversations with
the Reverend John
Makokha
Riruta UMC
Other Sheep
Afrika-Kenya http://www.othersheep.org/OSEA_CL_Other_Sheep_Kenya.html
Children of
Africa Hope Mission Project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. http://rirutaumc.homestead.com/children_of_africa.html
&
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the
Goats
&
Matthew 28:18-20
Matthew 28:18-20
Great Commission
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