Oil, Corruption, and God With Us

The film Killers of the Flower Moon is about the appalling murders of members of the Osage nation for their land which, though initially undesirable, is now clearly rich with …

On Our Side

Adam and Eve were led to believe,That they could choose to be in God’s shoes,Choosing wrong from right, darkness from light.Adam and Eve so sadly deceived,Not thinking straight, when tempted …

Clarity

To see ourselves as God sees us,Not as giants, as Lords of this land,But as tiny, treasured figures,Small enough to fit in his hand.Not the powerful masters we’d like to …

Image

Save us from thinking we need more,Need to add extra things,To make us acceptable,Powerful, superior, appealing,Save us from the deception,That we are not enough,That we need something moreTo make us …

Fireflies, Grace and Favour

In the film Fireflies in the Garden Charles is a harsh and domineering father. When teenage relative Jane comes to stay one summer he tells his young son Michael to …

Weak

The soldier looks on and sees what no one else has seen, what no religious expert or faithful follower has yet understood. He stands there as an outsider, reviled, repugnant, …

Weekend Off

One day God grew weary of people arguing about what he was like and whether he existed at all and so he decided to escape for a while and hop …

Time Travelling

We time travel in our heads,Zooming back and forward at breakneck speed,No limit, no problem, no equipment needed, We slip between the back-then and the not-yet, Often missing this moment,Negating the now,Piling …

Peacemakers & Great Escapers

The Great Escaper is Michael Caine’s very last film, and is based on the story of Bernie Jordan, a D-Day veteran. Bernie misses his chance to book a place on the …

Miracles, Disappointment and Reminders

In the film The Miracle Club, Lily, Chrissie, Eileen and Dolly head off to Lourdes looking for, as you might expect, a miracle or two. Dolly’s son Daniel has never spoken and …

Emmaus Mist

Life is so like the Emmaus road,Our sights set on the wrong destination,When Jesus starts to walk alongside us,Hidden in plain sight,Doing his best to open our eyes.The lamb challenging …

Feet

How beautiful are the feet of him Who brings good news, Who walks amongst the rejected, Who sits with the lonely and saddened, Who stands with us in all things, …

Some Doors

The other day I walked the path up from Lynmouth to Lynton in North Devon, and along the way there were various handwritten poems, posted beside the path. It gave …

Letters

Not a tidy page of well-formed script,copper plate writing,ordered and perfectly formed,but instead a wonderful jumble of words,a page of unique, untidy, precious scribbles,and half formed hopes and ideas,the truth …

Fire, Water and the Eyes of Heaven

Elemental is tale of fire and water, a sort of Romeo and Juliet story. Ember is a fire elemental who helps her immigrant parents run Firebrand, the local store and hangout in …

The Man With The Hat

The Man With No Hat strolls into town, and one thing is instantly clear. He is different, aloof alone. Everyone else has a hat, everyone else is moving frenetically, everyone …

Unclean

She knows that she smells, the fear almost chokes her. Knowing what will happen if she is spotted in this crowd. She can almost feel the burden of shame pressing …

Be My Vision

Please be my vision, when the day’s fears start,Keep me together when falling apart,Help me to hold on in deep darkest night,When darkness comes calling, please be my light. Help …

A Haunting in Venice

The famous detective Hercules Poirot declares in this film that he has lost all faith in any signs of the soul or an afterlife. He has seen too much suffering …