in distant fields

the foreigners, the laborers
toiling away
in distant fields
people we will never know
bringing our food
under their watchful hands

so like the shepherds
called by the herald angels
workers of the land
watching their flocks by night
anonymous toil
to them the angels came


December 7, 2009
Luke 1:26-49
Luke 2:36-38
Acts 2:17-21
Worship Theme: The Inclusiveness of God
sermon, “The Advent Conspiracy: "Three Wise Women"”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
and Advent Candle Liturgy
for the Second Sunday of Advent
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
December 6, 2009
Second Sunday of Advent
part of a series of sermons,
using the Advent Conspiracy
http://www.adventconspiracy.org/