Proclaiming this text now – v7

Our age is not unlike theirs was

when Christ walked the earth,

greed and poverty hand in hand;

We pause to think about the words

His actions challenging those in power

When He cleansed the Temple

so like our own times

when the tables were overturned;

We should be proclaiming that text

now, in our world, in our nation

We should be fighting Injustice, imbalance

a shaming of our power

of the concentration of wealth;

Now is our time to speak

in the tipping of this hour

More in the world hurting

by the selfishness of our choices

our choice to consume, to accumulate;

We sit idly by, in comfort, in wealth

instead of rising with Christ’s anger

We should join with those struggling,

crying out, “No More”,

a biblical mandate, to justice;

We should open the doors to the temple

to bring forth peace within the Christ

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edited November 12, 2015

Proclaiming this text now – v7

(editing original)

edited November 8, 2015

Proclaiming this text now – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/proclaiming-this-text-now-v6.html

(editing version 5)

edited April 7, 2015

Proclaiming this text now – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/proclaiming-this-text-now-v5.html

(editing original again)

edited January 12, 2015

Proclaiming this text now – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/proclaiming-this-text-now-v4.html

(editing original again)

Edited December 21, 2013

Proclaiming this text now – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/proclaiming-this-text-now-v3.html

Edited December 1, 2013

Proclaiming this text now – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/proclaiming-this-text-now-v2.html

June 10, 2012

Proclaiming this text now

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/proclaiming-this-text-now.html

Mark 11:15-19

Jesus cleansing the Temple

sermon by Ziegler Award winner,

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/ziegler-sermon-neumc-annual-conference.html

Reverend Gary Richards

http://www.newcovenant-umc.org/?q=content/meet-our-pastor

speaking of the Methodist Movement as a

Resistance Movement,

something that made some people very uncomfortable,

including one long-time Methodist who probably was thinking of John Wesley’s words, “Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380

New England United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://twitter.com/#!/neumc

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc

led by Bishop Peter Weaver

&

Mark 2:22

presentation by NEUMC delegates

to General Conference 2012

http://www.unitedmethodistreporter.com/2012/06/new-england-conference-delegation-no-common-identity-for-umc/

Annual Conference

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/195

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/380

New England United Methodist Church

http://www.neumc.org/

https://twitter.com/#!/neumc

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23neumc

led by Bishop Peter Weaver

http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/318

June 6, 2012 to June 9, 2012

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