The image before me
an open hand
the active response
to the words of James
The challenge to our ways
to the measuring of our days
by how we act
more than what we say
giving to all
no one held high
O...
Urgent, important words
living waters, pouring out of me
words that are waiting, ready to flow
washing over me, drenched with the words
urgent words to share
coming when they are ready
where they will...
As a Christian
someone worthy of the name
words matched by my deeds
offering a hand
to anyone in need
Using my skills,
my gifts from above
help to everyone I can
An open hand
as the words from my h...
Calling the spirit
given by Christ
to speak to your children
a word for our hearts
Loving us with your message
the truth, the love, the fire
of your life made real
our story to tell
Changing our liv...
When we accept
when we turn our lives over
the spirit, God’s will prevailing,
in the walk of our days
Comfort to all
an open hand to our brothers
to our sisters in need
whatever their story,
t...
A reminder in the message
in hearing our differences
but the similarities
the painful truth too
that each religion
each of us in our history
has done violence
in the name of God
the same God
the God ...
He was a leader
the brother of Christ
a stern message
for the faithful,
to the Jews in the Temple
Treating all the faithful
equal in God’s sight
so we are to act
consistent with our creed
actin...
With power, to a specific audience
a lesson for the elite
spoken with authority
a stern lesson
from a leader in the Temple
All to be equal before man
just as they are before God
the creator of all
se...
Outrageous nonsense, dead
so do the translations resound
faith without works
a nullity, a lie
we are to act out our faith
live the love Christ shared
be his hands, his feet,
his voice crying out
in th...
Something so simple
never thought about
taken for granted
Our troubles
our issue so small
compared to so many
around this troubled world
Hope in the water, in the efforts
clean water, for their bodi...