I think we would all agree that 2020 has been a strange and difficult year, but I’m going to try hard to keep this discipline of thankfulness going so here’s my list of things I’m thankful for from 2020. A day in Cambridge back in January, celebrating a friend’s 50th. Seems a long time ago […]
Monthly Archives: December 2020
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Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace) Do you know the disappointment of unmet expectations? Have you waited till hope has made you heart-sick? Does it feel impossible to rid life of resentment? God can do far more than you can ask for. Sar Shalom, you came Into a waiting world To…
It can be hard to keep going, Jesuswhen God’s timescale is so different to ours.We need some structure as we wait for thingsfaint light as the Advent candle burns down.As we struggle through these dark days, half blindwe can’t see how God is working things out.We still pray, though the words seem hollow andyour silence […]
But why did Jesus go throughA rite of admission?Perhaps it was for the joy of theTrinitarian moment as heIdentified with us, equipped by theSpirit, with God shouting from the skiesMy Son! My Beloved! I am pleased with you!
Put your mark on me, JesusI belong to you.Put your mark on my heartMay it beat for you.Cut away all the selfish, me-centred sinI want to throw it all off,Like a snake sheds its skin,So your life is what marks meWithout and within.Put your mark on me, Jesus.You are my boss.Put your mark on my […]
Night time peaceful darknesscloaked the hillside.The world was asleep. I could almost feel the weightof the presence of Godas we watched our sheep. I liked to think of the Lordas my shepherdwatching by night and then, in the upturned bowlof the sky,we saw a glorious sight. Through dazzled eyes we sawan angelherald news of joy […]
We confess we don’t understand God’s ways.He’s tiny baby, he’s Ancient of Days. Now new born, he laid the earth’s foundation,Spoke the word for the dimensions of creation. Gurgling, he kicks his chubby feet, and yet,On this cornerstone earth’s footings are set. Twenty inches long, he measured galaxiesWeak and helpless, his power restrains the seas. […]
Eastern wise men,Pursuing their own agendas,Interrupted by a star.Perceived its importance,Hastened to follow it,Awakened to aNew reality.You and I need our own revelatory moments.
Sometimes I don’t recognise him eitherMy mind’s so full of preconceived ideas,Expecting God to work in certain waysI think my prayers have fallen on deaf ears.I trusted God to solve all my problemsAnd to ‘make all our moments calm and bright’After all, he is powerful and goodIt’s true that he’s the one who gives us […]
Infinite, transcendent deity,NotConsidering equality with GodA thing to be grasped,Relinquished it, and made himselfNothingAnd consented to be born,To be wrapped in cloths and skinIn a manger,On findingNo room in the inn.
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