The stigma of difference
little things really
setting us apart
a stain upon us
in their jaundiced eyes
a shame the way we divide
ourselves from one another
when we are all one
fallen before the Lord
each of us sinners
all of us lost in the world
we need to remember
none are better than any other
all of us with feet of clay
needing Christ to have life
to find rest in the Lord
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edited September 24, 2019
The Stigma of Difference – v6
Edited October 5, 2013
(not found so reposted 9/24/19)
The Stigma of Difference – v5
Edited September 25, 2013
The Stigma of Difference – v4
(editing original
again)
Edited August 23, 2013
The Stigma of Difference – v3
edited May 27, 2011
The Stigma of Difference – v2
May 27, 2011
The Stigma of Difference
racial bullying at Pembroke Academy
and
in part inspired by conversations with
the Reverend John Makokha
Riruta United Methodist Church
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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