refreshment – Barb, poet priest

With Joy You Will Draw Water

With Joy You Will Draw WaterAdvent 3: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6Joy bubbles up like some underground streamchannelled anew to this hidden dry pool.Out of the depths it bursts into the light,mating with air in bright bubbles and mist.Maybe these waters remain for a time;maybe they’re gone soon after they’ve come:yet they awaken the ground allContinue reading “With Joy You Will Draw Water”

Warning: Sheep Astray

Warning: Sheep AstrayEaster 4; Psalm 23Good shepherd, there is much we seem to lack,though having much has blurred the truth of need.If you could lead us weary creatures back,green pastures and still pools might soothe and feed.Our souls are parched, our bodies over fed;right pathways now have given way to roads.We seek refreshment, yet willContinue reading “Warning: Sheep Astray”

A Greeting of Peace

A Greeting of PeaceEaster 3; Luke 24:36b-48; Acts 3:12-20; Psalm 4He stood among them, offered them his peace.Amazed and doubting, they were terrified:they thought they saw the ghost of one who’d died.How did he help their fear and doubt to cease?He chose to let them see his damaged flesh;he showed the wounds in hands andContinue reading “A Greeting of Peace”

With Joy You Will Draw Water

With Joy You Will Draw Water Advent 3: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6 Joy bubbles up like some underground stream channelled anew to this hidden dry pool. Out of the depths it bursts into the light, mating with air in bright bubbles and mist. Maybe these waters remain for a time; maybe they’re gone soon afterContinue reading “With Joy You Will Draw Water”