We were too long silent
just now starting to speak
too slow to act, to stand up
but now is a time for justice
to say no to power
too slow to act, to stand up
but now is a time for justice
to say no to power
Standing with our sister
with our brothers
a line drawn in the sand
dropping our own stones of judgment
laying them down, heavy
a line drawn in the sand
dropping our own stones of judgment
laying them down, heavy
Seeking reconciliation
not making them the lamb
not making them the lamb
a sacrifice, upon the altar
loving all our neighbors
offering love, offering Christ
Even to those called the others
all of them worthy
for none of us are better
all of us are broken
we all need God’s grace
Edited October 23, 2013
Standing with our Sister – v7
Edited October 6, 2013
Standing with our Sister – v4
(editing
original again)
new
poem September 21, 2013
Standing
with our Brothers
Edited September 20, 2013
Standing with our Sister – v3
(editing original again)
August 29, 2013
Standing with our Sister – v2
June
12, 2011 and June 13, 2011
Standing with our Sister
June
13, 2011
“Welcoming
Christ”
&
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
September 7, 2013
For
Offering Love – v2
June
22, 2011
For Offering Love
&
John 8
&
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
&
Love on Trial,
the case against the Reverend Amy DeLong,
which begins on June 20, 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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