Monday, January 19, 2015

Acid burns – v3

our estrangement from God
understood in the graphic language
in the vomit from our hearts
burning our friends, our neighbors
acid burns, not love
when we spew such bile
Choices which we make
some selfish, some careless,
our words and our actions
spoken in haste, in anger,
leaving acid burns, not love,
scars on our friends, lasting,
marks on our neighbors
those we claim to love
a false mirror on our God
from those who claim Christ’s name

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edited January 19, 2015
Acid burns – v3

(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited November 25, 2013
Acid burns – v2
September 3, 2012
Acid burns
Mark 7:21-23 (NIV)
Mark 7:21-23 (The Message)
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
(Revised Common Lectionary, Year C)
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for August 29, 2012,
read August 30, 2012
&
Spirit Study
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
September 2, 2012
&
Mark 7:1-8
Isaiah 29:13
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for September 2, 2012,
read September 1, 2012
&
Psalm 72
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for September 1, 2012,
read September 1, 2012
&
Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Song of Songs 2:8-13
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for August 31, 2012,
read August 31, 2012
&
James 1:26-27
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for August 30, 2012,
read August 30, 2012
&
Mark 7:14-15
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
(Revised Common Lectionary, Year C)
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for August 28, 2012,
read August 27, 2012
&
James 1:17-25
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for August 27, 2012,
read August 27, 2012

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