Pernicious – v2

Are we complicit

when we stand in silence;

Pernicious discrimination

devaluing our neighbors.

Excluding them from inclusion

blind to the judging;

Letting others abuse

our sisters and our brothers.

We must stand, we must speak out,

God is calling all of us to an awakening;

Looking at where boundaries are established

when we create stumbling blocks to full inclusion.

Not being silent before those who separate

who judge our neighbors;

Standing in the breach

with our brother, our Savior.

We are called to this mission, this purpose,

to speak out against repression;

The little insidious slights uttered

and the pernicious patterns of behavior.

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edited May 9, 2015

Pernicious – v2

May 27, 2011

Pernicious

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/pernicious.html

racial bullying at Pembroke Academy

and

in part inspired by conversations with

the Reverend John Makokha

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=556451505

Riruta United Methodist Church

http://rirutaumc.homestead.com

http://www.rmnetwork.org/

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

Great Commission

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