Maybe the time is now, today,
to stand for the hopes of the
people
that change would truly come
to balance the scales of justice;
That more of our people, our
neighbors,
would share the same dreams,
together
that the divide of the haves and
have nots
would fall from this place.
With hope, with love,
peaceful protest rising
claiming a chance to dream,
to see a future for our children;
Opportunity for the many
not wealth in but a few hands,
sowing seeds of protest
in this troubled land.
Acting as the Christ modeled
truly loving our neighbor
understanding all too well
the powerful want to hold onto
power;
Yet not giving in to their greed
to their injustice, in tolerance,
marking this time to speak
to stand with our neighbors.
Doing what is right,
in this time, in this place
lovingly, shining the light
carrying the cross of Christ;
Hope into the darkness, this troubled
world
healing the breach caused by man,
going as servant, throughout this
land
doing all that we can.
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edited September 30, 2015
With Hope, with Love – v7
(editing version 4)
edited January 21, 2015
With Hope with Love – v6
(editing original again)
edited
October 22, 2014
“With
Hope, With Love – v5
edited
October 16, 2014
“With
Hope, With Love – v4”
Blog
Action Day 2014
edited
January 20, 2014
“With
Hope, With Love – v3”
(editing
original again)
(Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day 2014)
Edited
August 10, 2013
“With
Hope, With Love – v2”
October
20, 2011
With
Hope, With Love”
written
about the Occupy Wall Street movement,
after
reading earlier poem,
“With
Love, Not with Hate”
October
20, 2011
&
&
Worship
Theme: “Intentional Faith Development”
Acts
2:42-47 (The Message Bible)
2
Timothy 3:14-17 (Common English Bible)
Psalm
103:1-5 (Common English Bible) (Call to Worship)
Unison
Prayer:
“Loving
God, we thank you for this day. Thank you for
your
Word that guides and sustains us. As we hear
your
Word may we rejoice in your loving-kindness and goodness;
may
we draw ever closer to you.
We
pray for eyes to see you in the world,
ears
to hear your whisper on the wind, and a heart that is
moldable
in your hands. All this we pray in the
name
above all names, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.”
and
sermon, “Equipped for the Journey”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook
United Methodist Church
Suncook,
NH
October
16, 2011
Nineteenth
Sunday of Pentecost
&
Third
of Six part sermon series on
“Five
Practices of Fruitful Congregations”
and
the book by the same name, by Robert Schnase,
&
Faith
In Action, March 5, 2010
Word
from Winkler, “The sacred work of reconciliation”,
By
Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society,
United
Methodist Church
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With
Love, Not with Hate
Righting
injustices
standing
up when opportunity calls
doing
what is right
with
love, not hate
this
we honor, on this day
the
man, the dream, the cause
Acting
as the Christ did as he,
Healing
the sick on the sabbath;
marching
in the face of injunctions
understanding
the wrath of power
doing
the right thing
no
matter the cost to them
Doing
the right,
lovingly,
shining the light
hope
into the darkness
healing
the breach caused by man
going
a servant, bearing the cross
doing
all that he could
January
19, 2010
With
Love, Not with Hate
Alive
Now Daily Reflections
for
January 18, 2010 to January 24, 2010
for
January 18, 2010, on Martin Luther King, Jr.
&
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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