Pentecost +17 Sunday – C3

Pentecost +17 Sunday – C3

Years C
1 Timothy 2:1-7

First of all - inclusion rather than exclusion. Pray for everyone.

Prayer is not just a form, it is also content. Pray that we might lead a peaceable, G*D-ly life. A life with quiet dignity.

Universalists arise! G*D desires everyone to be healed, made whole, saved.

Know you are, in turn, having peace prayed for you.

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inclusion exclusion
hinge upon a doorway
that starts closed

an open door can
include more
than the already gathered

a shut door definitely
excludes more
than it defines

the easy way is exclusion
as a door doesn't need to move
to keep in in and out out

much more energy is needed
to include folks in
doors need to be opened

sometimes it take a gentle push
sometimes a crowbar
little or great - energy

narrow or wide
there are doors all around
pick at least one to push