The law, our word
(neither of these
capitalized)
what is written
down;
the Spirit
guiding
calling their
hearts
Divided lives
(within their closets)
for those who
love
outside of our
strictures,
yet called by the
Lord
edited January 2,
2015
Divided Lives –
v6
(editing original
again)
Edited November
24, 2013
Divided Lives –
v5
(after verdict
and sentence on Rev. Frank Schaefer)
Edited October
25, 2013
Divided Lives –
v4
(editing version 2)
Edited September
26, 2013
Divided Lives –
v3
(editing original
again)
Edited September
15, 2013
Divided Lives –
v2
June 19, 2011
Divided Lives
&
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
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend
Amy DeLong,
which begins on June 20, 2011
&
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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