The word, “innocent”
of love freed from our law
not mere biology
nobler things than these
Our law, our hope,
changing in these days
moved by mercy, to redemption
walking in Christ’s ways
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edited November 12, 2015
Love Freed – v9
(editing original again)
Edited March 10, 2014
Love Freed – v8
(editing original version again)
after decision in Ogletree complaint
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Edited December 25, 2013
Love Freed – v7
(editing original version again)
June 25, 2011
Love Freed
&
Edited December 24, 2013
A Chargeable Offense – v2
June 17, 2011
A Chargeable Offense
&
Edited December 23, 2013
Mending what is Broken – v8
(editing original again)
after watching live stream of Frank Schaefer
preaching at Foundry United Methodist Church
December 22, 2013
&
Edited November 23, 2013
Love Freed – v6
(after conviction of Rev. Frank Schaefer)
&
Edited November 13, 2013
Love Freed – v5
(editing original again)
Edited September 24, 2013
Love Freed – v4
(editing original again)
Edited September 20, 2013
Love Freed – v3
(editing original again)
Edited September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy – v2”
new poem September 7, 2013
“Making the secular Holy”
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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 August 25, 2013
Love Freed – v2
June 25, 2011
Love Freed
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend
Amy DeLong,
&
Events of June 23 in Kaukauna - part 4
by Pastor Will Green
&
Still Small Voices
by Deaconess Rachel Harvey
&
sign
in front of our Church
ALL
ARE WELCOME
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
June
25, 2011
&
Matthew
10:40-42
2
Kings 4:8-11, 14-16
Psalm
13
Worship
Theme: “All Are Welcome”
and
sermon: “Ambassadors for God”
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook
United Methodist Church
June
26, 2011
Second
Sunday in Pentecost
&
note of Cynthia Good
on Keith Olbermann Special
Comment
and
Passage of gay marriage bill in
New York last night
&
posting on my Facebook page
“my 'heart' sinks with your
continued association with the United Methodist church. God's Word clearly says
that the Lord’s command is no females are allowed to be leaders. 1 Cor.
14:33-38; 1 Tim 2:12-3:12. Violating God's Word is not a recommended path to
follow.”
&
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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