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 …
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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 …
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 …
Food, Friendship and The Old Oak
The Old Oak is a pub in a village in the North east. It’s on its last legs in a community struggling to make ends meet. Then a group of …
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 …