Jordan – Barb, poet priest

Voice in the Wilderness

Voice In the WildernessAdvent 2; Matthew 3:1-12John, you chose life in wild places,fed from their meagre resources:choice of a prophet, enactingwarning to mis-guided peopleexiled in spiritual wastelands,turning aside from God’s promise.Voice that Isaiah envisioned,words for a time of transition:“Make the paths straight by repenting!”Axes and fire you predicted,culling and threshing in judgement,wrath of the LordContinue reading “Voice in the Wilderness”

Baptism as Watershed

Baptism as WatershedThe Baptism of the Lord; Luke 3:15-22John and Jesusin the waters:they were connectedbefore they were born,enfolded in separatebut related watersin Elizabeth, Mary,two prophet women,pregnant and waiting,singing their songsof liberation.At that meeting the childin the womb leapt for joy.Perhaps Mary ponderedprophetic knowingin one not yet born.And what of her foetusforetold by an angel?John andContinue reading “Baptism as Watershed”