Tearing down the barriers
the walls between us
the stones falling away
scattered, thrown away
Love lifting all
together in Christ
letting our neighbors in
into a place of community
together as one body
one body in Christ
March 11, 2011
written at House of Purpose Coffeehouse
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192591550772058
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Purpose/298439882520
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/The-House-Of-Purpose/357853918881
Hillsboro, NH
March 11, 2011
&
earlier poem,
“Within these Walls”
January 27, 2010
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for January 25, 2010 to January 31, 2010,
“A Standing Invitation”,
by Ray Waddle
Psalm 71:1-6 for January 25, 2010
& remembering the poem,
“Mending Wall”, by Robert Frost
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