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On Hearing the Word of the Lord

God seemed more vocal in my younger days – more tangible, embodied and defined. A sense of presence came in clearer ways – it seemed that words were given, underlined. The vision in my mind I knew as gift, the words so wryly apt I felt God formed, or gave the book that readied meContinue reading “On Hearing the Word of the Lord”

Not to Condemn the World

Lent 4; Numbers 21:4-9; John 3: 14-21 Does God send snakes to kill complaints, or do creation’s laws enact symbolic harm on corporate spite? To foul our nest will make us ill, polluted air will steal our breath, and poison tongue lets venom bite. Yet with that fate comes remedy, for one man prays andContinue reading “Not to Condemn the World”

The Cleansing

Lent 3, John 2:13-22, Luke 12:32 If he came to our churches on Sunday to be awkwardly greeted as stranger would he fashion a whip for our cleansing, would we cringe from his anger as danger? Would he drive out conservative? liberal? or upend those who balance on fences? What offence might he take, atContinue reading “The Cleansing”

Transfiguration (song lyrics)

(Mark 9:2-9) 1. Climbing up there’s no time to complain we are sore but too breathless to speak. Surely God can be near on the plain! Tell us, why then seek God on a peak! As for Jesus, he smiles and moves past, and we scramble to keep him in range. Then the view spreadsContinue reading “Transfiguration (song lyrics)”

Get behind me Satan!

(for Lent 2, Mark 8:31-38 written 27 August 2020) “Get behind me Satan!” he said to one he valued as rock to build a church on: worth noting just how quickly key insights get distorted by our survival instinct and lustful need for power to do away with suffering and concentrate on winning. “Oh! GetContinue reading “Get behind me Satan!”