Trees in the WindLeaves and twigs of blue gum treestossing in this gusty windsurge and thrash like storm lashed seas.Underneath the trunks are stillstanding strong amidst the stir.Could I learn such steadfast will?There are limbs of other gumschange will cause to drop to earth:death if one unwary comes.For the tree, is such loss wise,letting goContinue reading “Trees in the Wind”
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Resilience
Resilience When trees are wounded, torn by shearing wind or saw, their trunks bulge round the break, in time encompassing all but a rough dry scar. Trees pruned beneath the wires will sculpt themselves as signs of arbitrary loss, slow healing and regrowth, their new leaves reaching high. A flood might wash away a majorContinue reading “Resilience”
The Flight to Egypt
The Flight to Egypt Holy Innocents; Matthew 2:13-23 We keep our dreaming shuttered in our sleep, but Joseph was a man who trusted dreams. They fled into the night. Their loss was deep, but not as great as woe from Herod’s schemes. Behind them, parents wept for children dead. In Egypt, they at least stillContinue reading “The Flight to Egypt”
Palm Sunday 2022
Palm Sunday 2022 Luke 19:28-44 Fickle as then this lusting crowd, equally hot for crown or cross, keen to humiliate the proud, or idolize the gilded dross. Silent you ride as shouts grow loud, chanting acclaim while you face loss. Yet without words the stones cry out, and without hands the branches wave. Deaf toContinue reading “Palm Sunday 2022”
On Retiring as Associate Priest in an Anglican parish
On Retiring as Associate Priest in an Anglican Parish Time now to fold and put away (well within reach on a central shelf) words I’ve been privileged to say, robes that both stirred and covered self. Tears fall in soft autumnal grief; letting them flow releases me. Tightness unwinds and brings relief; eyes look aroundContinue reading “On Retiring as Associate Priest in an Anglican parish”
Lose and Find
Lose and Find (Song Lyrics to the Welsh tune Ar hyd y nos: All through the night) Pentecost 16, Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:27-38) 1. Lose the life that makes you smaller, scrambling for gain. Find the life that stretches taller, learning from pain. Take your cross and pray to bear it: God will find aContinue reading “Lose and Find”
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