Challenging Our Understanding - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Even today, as we celebrate
the independence of our nation
our people separated
freed of the oppression
tyranny of another age
the preeminent kingdom
the world’s superpower
of that time

Challenging our understanding
the nature of freedom
of responsibility
of our calling as a nation
as a people of faith
living in community
the eyes of the world upon us
as we walk on the earth

Christ’s message still ringing
powerfully in our ears
calling us from our comfort
to see our neighbors
all the peoples of the earth
from their eyes
looking upon us
the Rome of this age
when the Messiah
spoke these worlds
as England was
when we through off their yoke

July 3, 2010
Matthew 5:1-13
Beatitudes
and email, “Notes from Peter” (Hey)
received July 1, 2010
“This Sunday my sermon is titled “Pursuing More Than Happiness,”
and it is based on Matthew 5:1-13. If you have a few minutes to read
this passage of scripture prior to attending the service, you might get
a little more out of the sermon. In this sermon, I want to challenge us all
to live with greater intentionality and to find deeper levels of meaning
for our lives. Instant gratification can be the enemy of faithful living.
Intentionality is the path to blessedness.”
http://www.concordwumc.org
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
July 4, 2010
Independence Day

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