success – Barb, poet priest

Redemptive Choices in the Wilderness

Redemptive Choices in the WildernessLent 1; Matthew 4:1-11The Spirit leads us to the wildernesswhen worldly thoughtless ways hold us in thrall.Temptation and privation curse or bless.We stumble from our sleep at wake-up call.It may be failure that will make us searchto redefine the bounds of who we are.The wrong success can knock us from ourContinue reading “Redemptive Choices in the Wilderness”

In Reverse

In Reverse Pentecost 17; Matthew 20:1-16 Common practice then and now favours what is called success: being chosen, coming first; working harder, earning more; making sure we get what’s fair; sussing out what favours us. God, it seems, works in reverse, favours those our ways neglect: last is first and first is last; what isContinue reading “In Reverse”