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This resource relating to Exodus 19,20 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1885) highlighting the keeping of the Sabbath and a poem by Jericho Brown highlighting sin and punishment.
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*** Narrative Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17
CLASSIC POEM:
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church
Emily Dickinson
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church –
I keep it, staying at Home –
With a Bobolink for a Chorister –
And an Orchard, for a Dome –
Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice –
I, just wear my Wings –
And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church,
Our little Sexton – sings.
God preaches, a noted Clergyman –
And the sermon is never long,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at last –
I’m going, all along.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The 10 Commandments
Jericho Brown
SNIPPET:
But I could be covetous. I could be a thief.
I could want and work for. I could wire and
Deceive. I thought to fool the moon into
A doubt.
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Exodus 19:3-7, 20:1-17
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NL105 Covenant and Commandments