Like the townspeople
complicit in his stoning
in this day and age
we need to wear the hair shirt
ashes and sackcloth
We stand convicted
complicit in injustices
meted out on the weak, the children
silent when we should speak
Turning our backs
on the least of these
all of them children like us
brothers and sisters,
our neighbors
all children of God
June 14, 2010
1 Kings 21:1-16
1 Kings 21:1-29
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for June 7, 2010 to June 13, 2010,
“The Welcome Table”,
http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-leadership-staff/marian-wright-edelman/
by Marian Wright Edelman
for June 7, 2010,
read June 14, 2010
&
1 Kings 21:17-29
1 Kings 21:1-29
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for June 7, 2010 to June 13, 2010,
“The Welcome Table”,
http://www.childrensdefense.org/who-is-cdf/cdf-leadership-staff/marian-wright-edelman/
by Marian Wright Edelman
for June 8, 2010,
read June 14, 2010
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