for offering love
we stand in judgment
for extending Christ’s
hand
Guilty, the
verdict,
joining their
hands as one
in the circle of faith
Offering blessing
the arms of the
Creator
not shunning,
disgrace
being Christ in this
world
In this time,
this place
for this guilty
act
blessing and
comfort, grace
Grace like water
love in the circle
rather than
shunning
the community
gathered
so it should be
====
edited October
15, 2014
For Extending
God’s Hand – v5
(editing
original version again)
Edited September
29, 2013
For Extending
God’s Hand – v4
(editing original
version again)
Edited September
13, 2013
For Extending
God’s Hand – v3
(editing original
version again)
Edited August 29,
2013
For Extending
God’s Hand – v2
June 22, 2011
For Extending
God’s Hand
&
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
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” 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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