The lesson, a
cautionary tale
not exact, not precisely
the same,
the question who
among us,
those who stand
by silent,
which one of us will
cast the first stone
Already complicit,
not a rhetorical question
others bleeding,
injured
the pain already
started long ago;
years of secrets,
accusation,
of stones already
thrown
The blood upon us,
already,
those who stand
by silent,
slowly growing,
spreading
another heading
for trial
a judgment on us
===
edited December 22, 2014
Who will be first – v11
(editing version 3)
Edited November 23, 2013
Who will be first – v10
(editing version 8)
Edited November 23, 2013
Who will be first – v9
(editing original version again)
after the conviction and judgment against Rev. Frank
Schaefer
&
Edited November 6, 2013
Who will be first – v8
(editing version 5)
Edited October 25, 2013
Who will be first – v7
(editing version 6)
Edited October 19, 2013
Who will be first – v6
(editing original
again)
Edited September 28, 2013
Who will be first – v5
(editing original
again)
Edited September 18, 2013
Who will be first – v4
(editing original again)
Edited September 12, 2013
Who will be first – v3
(editing original again)
Edited September 11, 2013
Who will be first – v2
June 12, 2011 and June 13, 2011
Who will be first
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
meditation
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
&
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
&
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend
Amy DeLong,
which begins on June 20, 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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