The Prodigal DaughterLent 4; Luke 15:11-32A young woman went off to a faraway landat a risk-taking age, with the gifts she had claimed.There she more or less squandered the hopes she had dreamed,for a love that her church-going lessons had blamed.How she hungered, and lived for the scraps that he threw,with her singer’s throat blockedContinue reading “The Prodigal Daughter”
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God Laughs, Weeps and Loves
God Laughs, Weeps and LovesLent 2; Genesis 17:1-17, Mark 8:31-38One theological truth I affirm:God has a sense of humourand we are made in that image too.Bless the Lord who laughs, weeps and loves.God made Abraham a solemn promiseand adjusted his name to mean”father of a multitude”, so Abrahamfell on his face and laughed,for he wasContinue reading “God Laughs, Weeps and Loves”
Barb, poet priest 