Cavalier, careless, unthinking
shot from our mouths
the sword of our tongues
Seeking gain, advantage
at the expense of our
neighbors
A constant battle, raging,
our approach to discourse
Words are dangerous, a
rapier,
when grounded in the world
the stuff of the earth, the
flesh;
We are called to a different
way
of love from our musings
to offer Christ to all
a light to the whole earth
Let Love inform our language
let Jesus guide our words
our struggles for justice
may we hear the words of old
Calling us to be God’s
servants
to offer love to all, the
other,
all the people on the earth
The guiding of our Savior
lived out in His journey
of offering love,
forgiveness,
even when we were
persecuting
when we denied our Maker
when we pierced our
Brother’s hands
lifting Him on the tree
Christ forgiving, words
uplifting,
at the moment of His anguish
abandoned and dying
that we would be free
Bearing witness
the power of that example
a light to the nations
hope for the whole world
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edited August 30, 2019
words are dangerous – v3
edited January 20, 2015
Words are dangerous – v2
January 17, 2011
Words are dangerous
edited January 20, 2015
Thinking Before We Speak – v2
January 17, 2011
Thinking Before We Speak
edited January 20, 2015
Christ forgiving – v2
January 17, 2011
Christ forgiving
edited January 19, 2015
Words can Destroy – v2
January 17, 2011
Words can Destroy
edited January 20, 2015
Words to Edify – v2
January 17, 2011
Words to Edify
The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2011
&
Isaiah 9:1-4
and
Upper Room Disciplines for 2011
for January 17 to 23, 2011
“Carrying God’s Light”
by Cathie McFadden
for January 17, 2011
read January 17, 2011
&
Isaiah 6:1-8
&
Isaiah 49:1-7
John 1:29-42
Worship Theme: “Called by God to . . .”
and sermon, “A Light to the Nations”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 16, 2011
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Human Relations Sunday
&
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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