a sad reality,
exposed,
a bait and
switch;
the words a lie
hiding the truth
our principles
clear
our calling to
connection;
open minds, open
doors,
open hearts to one
and all
for all of God’s
children
ready to welcome
to offer mercy,
compassion,
to share with each
other
an inclusive
church
stronger,
living, vibrant
open to all of God’s
children
none deemed
unworthy
an aspiration
unfulfilled
in this time of
conflict
wanting it to be
true
but still
finding us wanting
====
edited July 21, 2015
the words a lie - v2
edited/new poem January 25, 2014
the words a lie
(editing version 2)
(after conviction and defrocking of Rev. Frank Schaefer,
before trial of Rev. Thomas Ogletree)
Edited November 15, 2013
An Inclusive Church – v5
(editing original version again)
Edited September 8, 2013
An Inclusive
Church – v4
Edited September 1, 2013
An
Inclusive Church – v3
Edited August 28, 2013
An
Inclusive Church – v2
June 12, 2011
An
Inclusive Church
John
8
&
June 23, 2011
Able to Breath – unedited
&
Edited September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy – v2”
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
----
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.
----
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
&
Edited September 7, 2013
For Offering Love – v2
June 22, 2011
For Offering Love
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
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
Matthew 28:18-20
Great
Commission
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