From
our vantage, our perspective,
our
faith in God, our belief
in
the lessons of Jesus;
Christ’s
teachings to love, not to hate,
to
believe even in struggle
to
live as if we believed,
even
when we doubt,
when
we struggle in this life.
To
strive for heaven on earth,
to
be like John, crying in the wilderness
to
not claim to be the light,
but
to witness to the light;
to
hold Christ’s light high
and
let His light shine
cutting
through, deep,
shining
into the darkness.
On
this day, I share
this
note, this prayer
shining
a bit of light,
into
the remaining darkness;
hoping,
each beam, each shaft,
loosening
a bit of the grip of life
the
legacy of division,
the
remaining parts of his dream.
This
day, especially, mindful,
of
the fact, the reality
we
may be the only Christ
some
people see; called to be Christ;
in
all we do, to be John, to be Martin,
to
follow the Master, God’s Spirit,
all
those who have gone before us,
all
who have claimed His holy name.
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The Consequence of Witness – v5
(editing version 4)
edited June 13, 2015
The Consequence of Witness – v4
(editing version 3)
edited January 20, 2015
The Consequence of Witness – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 21, 2013
The Consequence of Witness – v2
January 19, 2009
The Consequence of Witness
edited January 20, 2015
Standing to Speak – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Witnessing Like John – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
The Teachings of Jesus – v3
(editing version 1 again)
edited January 21, 2013
The Teachings of Jesus – v2
January 18, 2009
The Teachings of Jesus
edited January 20, 2015
Changing the World – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Power in His Words – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Fighting Evil – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Love Liberates – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
The Power of His Words –
v3
edited January 20, 2015
Living Christ’s Words – v3
edited January 20, 2015
Not Words of Weakness – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Hatred – v3
(editing original again)
edited January 20, 2015
Radical Words – v3
(editing original again)
edited
January 20, 2015
Understanding
this moment – v3
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)
&
edited January 21, 2013
Standing to Speak – v2
edited January 21, 2013
Witnessing Like John – v2
edited January 21, 2013
Changing the World – v2
edited January 21, 2013
Power in His Words – v2
edited January 21, 2013
Fighting Evil – v2
edited January 21, 2013
Love Liberates – v2
edited January 21, 2013
The Power of His Words –
v2
edited January 21, 2013
Living Christ’s Words – v2
edited January 21, 2013
Not Words of Weakness – v2
January 21, 2013
Hatred – v2
January 21, 2013
Radical Words – v2
edited
January 21, 2013
Understanding
this moment – v2
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
January
18, 2009
Understanding
this moment
January 18, 2009
Radical Words
January 18, 2009
Hatred
January 18, 2009
Not Words of Weakness
January 18, 2009
Living Christ’s Words
January 18, 2009
The Power of His Words
January 18, 2009
Love Liberates
January 18, 2009
Fighting Evil
January 18, 2009
Power in His Words
January 18, 2009
Changing the World
January 19, 2009
Witnessing Like John
January 19, 2009
Standing to Speak
&
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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