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This resource relating to 1 John 4:7-21 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) that prioritizes love over hate and a poem by Tracy K. Smith highlighting a listening with love even when it is difficult.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
1 John 4:7-21
CLASSIC POEM:
I Had No Time to Hate
Emily Dickinson
I HAD no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample I
Could finish enmity.
Nor had I time to love; but since
Some industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,
Was large enough for me.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Wade in the Water
Tracy K. Smith
One of the women greeted me.
I love you, she said. She didn’t
Know me, but I believed her,
And a terrible new ache
Rolled over in my chest,
…
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1 John 4:7-21
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Fifth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, April 22, 2024