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This resource relating to Mark 9:38-50 provides a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) highlighting a new beginning and a poem by Lucille Clifton (1936-2010) highlighting how different people can compliment each other in a relationship.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Mark 9:38-50
CLASSIC POEM:
On a Clean Book
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Like sea-washed sand upon the shore,
So fine and clean the tale,
So clear and bright I almost see,
The flashing of a sail.
The tang of salt is in its veins,
The freshness of the spray
God give you love and lore and strength,
To give us such alway.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
salt
Lucille Clifton
SNIPPET:
he is as salt
to her,
a strange sweet
a peculiar money
precious and valuable
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[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Mark 9:38-50
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 21 (Ordinary Time 26)