For
so many, across the nation,
believers
beyond our shores,
seeing
Joshua, more than a new generation,
seeing
Joshua in he who is about to lead
seeing
the mantle passed to a new leader
for
this time, this moment, this people
A
change in the direction,
coming
out of the wilderness days;
coming
into the light of tomorrow
coming
on the day after Martin was born;
a
change for this time, this nation, this hope
Seeing
the one who could save
the
one called to take on the charge
to
lead us to that new country
to
bind up the scars of the past;
lead us into that light
If
he leads by the words of the Savior
and
the life of his servant before him
we
may yet see that bright star shining
and
the joy of peace on earth
in a land worthy of our creed
where all are equal and free
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edited February 2, 2015
Seeing Joshua – v4
(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited January 20, 2015
Seeing Joshua – v3
(editing original again)
January 21, 2013
Seeing Joshua – v2
January 18, 2009
Seeing Joshua
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
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
&
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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