Friday, January 02, 2015

For Offering Love – v8

For offering love
for sharing God’s grace
sharing their love
standing before God
For this shamed,
Judged guilty,
put at risk
for this alone
our stones at the ready.

A prayer for mercy
for those in the crowd
those assigned to stand in judgment
May they rest deeply
Hearing Christ speaking
calling to them,
a whisper, a prayer,
to set down our stones
to offer their love

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edited January 2, 2015
For Offering Love – v8

(editing version 2)
Edited December 31, 2013
For Offering Love – v7
-         focused on the Council of Bishops
-         and those who will be on future juries
(editing original again)
June 22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
edited January 2, 2015
Making the Secular Holy – v6
(editing original again)
edited November 4, 2014
Making the secular Holy – v5
(editing original again)
edited October 16, 2014
Making the secular Holy – v4
(editing original again)
Edited September 8, 2013
“Making the secular Holy – v3”
Edited September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy – v2”
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
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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.
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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.
&
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 December 28, 2013
Mending What is Broken – v9
(editing version 3)
Edited December 23, 2013
Mending what is Broken – v8
(editing original again)
after watching live stream of Frank Schaefer
preaching at Foundry United Methodist Church
December 22, 2013
&
Edited October 12, 2013
For Offering Love – v6
Edited October 7, 2013
For Offering Love – v5
Edited September 28, 2013
For Offering Love – v4
Edited September 25, 2013
For Offering Love – v3
 (editing original again)
Edited September 7, 2013
For Offering Love – v2
June 22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
This poem is about my wife and me when we got married
civilly 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
&
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
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
Great Commission


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