A hope of a
nation, a people, a cause
a movement
coming to fruition
a dream
coming to life
a people
wondering and waiting
a chasm about
to be crossed
We stand at
the edge of the canyon
and wonder if
this is the one
the Joshua
generation
to lead us
out of the wilderness
and into the
land of peace and love
We watch to
the history behind us
to the men
who carried the torch
and remember
all who died
to reach this
moment in time
to prepare us
for these stesps
But for all
the wondrous moments
the hope and
wonder and cost
all is based
on the One, on Christ,
who offered himself,
our sacrifice
up on the
rugged cross
For only in His
teachings
that love
must triumph over hate
that we must
love our neighbors
that we are
all one people
all worthy of
God’s great love
For our
enemies are our neighbors
our lot
intertwined with theirs
and we are to
love our God
and all our
neighbors,
as we would
wish to be loved by them
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edited January 20, 2015
Understanding this moment – v3
edited January 21, 2013
Understanding this moment – v2
January 18, 2009
Understanding this moment
edited January 20, 2015
Forty Years – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Seeing Joshua – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Choosing the Cross – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Before Martin – v3
edited January 20, 2015
Echoes of the Desert – v4
(editing version 1 again)
edited April 8, 2014
Echoes of the Desert – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
In His Ministry – v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
The Question – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Always Torture – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
The Hills of Zion – v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
Is He Joshua – v3
(edited version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
Lofty Words – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
understanding a moment – v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
Words in Quotes – v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
Words that Bind – v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited January 20, 2015
Words chosen for a nation – v3
(editing version 1 again)
&
January 21, 2013
Forty Years – v2
January 21, 2013
Seeing Joshua – v2
January 21, 2013
Choosing the Cross – v2
January 21, 2013
Before Martin – v2
January 21, 2013
Echoes of the Desert – v2
January 21, 2013
In His Ministry – v2
January 21, 2013
The Question – v2
January 21, 2013
Always Torture – v2
January 21, 2013
The Hills of Zion – v2
January 21, 2013
Is He Joshua – v2
January 21, 2013
Lofty Words – v2
January 21, 2013
understanding a moment – v2
January 21, 2013
Words in Quotes – v2
January 21, 2013
Words that Bind – v2
January 21, 2013
Words chosen for a nation – v2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural Address
&
several poems written in 2009
on the juxtaposition of the
80th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 17, 2009
understanding a moment
January 17, 2009
Words in Quotes
January 17, 2009
Words chosen for a nation
January 17, 2009
Words that Bind
and the Presidential Oath, from the
US Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,
repeated verbatim by the presidents. The only language in quotes
in the Constitution, unlike the general principles elsewhere.
"I do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of
the United States,
and will to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United
States."
January 18, 2009
Lofty Words
January 18, 2009
Is He Joshua
January 18, 2009
The Hills of Zion
January 18, 2009
Always Torture
January 18, 2009
The Question
January 18, 2009
In His Ministry
January 18, 2009
Echoes of the Desert
January 18, 2009
Before Martin
January 18, 2009
Choosing the Cross
January 18, 2009
Seeing Joshua
January 18, 2009
Forty Years
&
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney
General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
&
edited January 19, 2015
Changing the Wind – v3
(merging edits to original and version 2)
Edited July 22, 2013
“changing the wind – v2”
December 7, 2007
“changing the wind”
Based on the comments
of Jim Wallis on
Speaking of Faith,
November 29, 2007
He was talking about
whether to change politicians
or change the wind, to
change the public opinion
which guides politics.
He used the example
of President Johnson’s
statement to the
Reverend Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. that it would
take 5 years for a
voting rights bill but
it actually took 5
months to pass the Voting Rights Act,
after the March in
Selma.
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