Psalm for a New Year
The Lord is my time managerknowing the moments ahead.He leads me though the minutes,the days, the weeks, the months,calling me to take times to breatheand rest, especially when it allbecomes …
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Wonka
‘Every good thing starts with a dream.’ This is the strapline on the poster for the film Wonka. In this colourful tale the young Willy Wonka has a dream as …
A thought…
I’m currently reading Tales of a Country Parish by Colin Heber-Percy – a thoughtful and uplifting collection of writings from 2020. As the book moves into winter of that year, …
Glimpsed
Did Mary and Joseph catch a glimpse?Did they catch sight of the universeIn those wide, wondering eyes?Did they see the faces of thoseHe would support and comfort.Did they see the …
Napoleon and The Value of a Life
At one point in this cinematic spectacle, one of the British challenges Napoleon with this comment, ‘You fight for money, we fight for honour.’ To which Napoleon replies, ‘We each …
The Figure
I could face this year alone, Could clench my fists and every other bit, I could harness my ideas, many but limited, And try and find my way through the …
The Light Shines On
The light shines in my darkness,And my darkness cannot put it out.The light shines in our chaos,And our chaos cannot put it out.The light shines in our fear and doubt,And …
Stars
Those night lights keep speaking,Leading, guiding, predicting, assuring.For Abraham, a regular sign of the promise of God,his plans and presence and purpose.For David, forever looking at the skyTo remind himself …
Russian Doll
Russian Doll What if Christmas were like a Russian doll,a thing of layers, brightly coloured on the outside –a Santa figure, concealing perhaps a snowman,concealing a reindeer (red-nosed of course),concealing …
Advent Candles
Five candles flicker and glimmer in the fading light, casting lively images of light and shade on the ancient church walls. The door creaks and groans a little as it …
Our Nature
I’m feeling a bit left out, said the sky,the clouds nodded, ‘We know what you mean,we used to be so interesting, butwe’ve been upstaged by a screen.’ The bushes and …
Wonka, Cruella, Batman & Origin Stories
This year’s big Christmas release is out – Wonka, the story of how Willy Wonka came to be chocolate mad. It’s the latest in a line of origin stories about …
It’s a Wonderful Life
In this classic Christmas film George Bailey gets a glimpse of his town if he had never been around, seeing just how different things would be and he not been …
Dreams and Encouragement
Professor Paul Matthews is a regular quiet guy who goes into his class to discover that many of his students have started having dreams about him. This goes on for …
Quiet
Silence is there all the time,the noises come and go andsome can be very insistent indeed,but when the noises stop we discoverthe silence has been there all the time.It’s often …
Lazarus
Dusty, grey and cobwebbed,Suddenly blown by the winds of God,His tomb clothes ruffled and buffetedBy the voice of one beyond the grave.The call of his name stirring him,So that his …
Making Contact
He runs with the others, looks like the others, smells like the others. But he knows that he’s not like them. His past hangs too heavy, like smog in his …
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 …