You are to love others

You are to love others

as I have loved you

completely, fully

every step in love

You are to love others

the stranger, your enemies

those who would hurt you

to love as I have loved you

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October 20, 2015

You are to love others

edited October 19, 2015

to all – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v3_19.html

(editing version 2)

October 18, 2015

Love’s strainer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-strainer.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-strainer_18.html

October 18, 2015

Love’s Filter

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-filter-seeing-our-world-through.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-filter.html

edited October 17, 2015

to all – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v2_17.html

October 17, 2015

to all

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all_17.html

October 17, 2015

He wants us to reach out

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-wants-us-to-reach-out.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-wants-us-to-reach-out_17.html

October 17, 2015

He gave us grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-gave-us-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-gave-us-grace_17.html

October 17, 2015

may we offer grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/may-we-offer-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/may-we-offer-grace_17.html

October 17, 2015

God loves us first

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-us-first.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-us-first_17.html

October 17, 2015

God loves them the same

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-them-same.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-them-same_17.html

October 17, 2015

seeking only to be safe

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/seeking-only-to-be-safe.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/seeking-only-to-be-safe_17.html

October 17, 2015

we must offer our love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-offer-our-love.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-offer-our-love_17.html

October 17, 2015

they are just like us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-are-just-like-us_17.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-are-just-like-us.html

October 17, 2015

we are so lucky

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-are-so-lucky.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-are-so-lucky_17.html

October 17, 2015

we have so much

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-have-so-much.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-have-so-much_17.html

October 17, 2015

leaving

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/leaving.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/leaving_17.html

October 17, 2015

these are the least of these

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/these-are-least-of-these.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/these-are-least-of-these_17.html

October 17, 2015

unable to return

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/unable-to-return.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/unable-to-return_17.html

October 17, 2015

our nation has a responsibility

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-nation-has-responsibility.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-nation-has-responsibility_17.html

October 17, 2015

Asylum Seekers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/asylum-seekers.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/asylum-seekers_17.html

October 17, 2015

today far worse

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/today-far-worse.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/today-far-worse_17.html

October 17, 2015

a canary in the mine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-canary-in-mine.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-canary-in-mine_17.html

edited October 12, 2015

The Boy in the Surf – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf-v2_12.html

October 6, 2015

The Boy in the Surf

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf_6.html

September 27, 2015

not people picking blueberries

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/not-people-picking-blueberries.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/not-people-picking-blueberries_27.html

September 27, 2015

refugees not migrants

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/refugees-not-migrants_27.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/refugees-not-migrants.html

Matthew 25:31-46

John 13:34-35

and sermonette, thoughts

about the international refugee crisis

and our calling as Christians

Part 1 of 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vk0S7Qs29E

Part 2 of 2 (with 4 minute gap in between)

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/729754077130950/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbdP8gKY3t0

by Sally Drew

https://www.facebook.com/sally.drew.35

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/729658460473845/

(Sally has the real-world experience of running

a refugee camp in Singapore.)

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

September 27, 2015

&

edited September 15, 2015

Running for their lives – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

edited September 13, 2015

Running for their lives – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives-v2.html

September 13, 2015

Running for their lives

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives.html

refugees not migrants

fleeing the war in Syria

prayer concern lifted and

drafted at the Aroostook Cluster Meeting

Mars Hill United Methodist Church

September 12, 2015

&

NPR Ombudsman article

“'Refugee' Or 'Migrant': How To Refer To Those Fleeing Home”

http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2015/08/21/433493813/refugee-or-migrant-how-to-refer-to-those-fleeing-home

by Elizabeth Jensen

http://www.npr.org/people/384352444/elizabeth-jensen

https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.jensen.102

August 21, 2015

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