So if Jesus were to walk into the room in which I sit typing, what would I do? We were discussing it at small group a couple of weeks ago. What I think I would do is stare in wonder for a split-second, and then run up and give him a big bear hug. I … [Continue reading]
It was like God (Mary of Nazareth, by Clive Sansom)
Mary of Nazareth by Clive Sansom It was like music: Hovering and floating there With the sound of lutes and timbrels In the night air. It was like waves, Beating upon the shore: Insistent with a rhythm, a pulsing Unfelt before. It was … [Continue reading]
For him to see me mended I must see him torn, Mary’s Song by Luci Shaw
Mary's Songby Luci ShawBlue homespun and the bend of my breastkeep warm this small hot naked starfallen to my arms. (Restyou who have had so far to come.)Now nearness satisfiesthe body of God sweetly. Quiet he lieswhose vigor hurled a universe. He … [Continue reading]
A caterpillar in a ring of fire: Martin Luther on Grace
Brunnhilde in the Ring of Fire, Arthur Rackham The wonderful seventeenth century theologian, Philip Melanchton and Martin Luther and Philip Melanchton debate grace. Melanchton says grace is like one parent helping a wobbly toddler across the … [Continue reading]
The Bitten Apple, the Great iAm, and his iWord
I first went to America in 1987 as a graduate student in the Creative Writing Masters programme at Ohio State University. I supported myself by teaching a class in Freshman Composition (i.e. writing).Well, Macs were relatively new then, and looked … [Continue reading]
Come and you will see (John 1:39)
Image CreditContinuing my blogging through the Gospel of John35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they … [Continue reading]
Returning to one’s true self: Where it’s so quiet
I used to be a hyper, giggly, talkative girl in my late teens and early twenties, the proverbial "life and soul of the party." Beneath that persona, though, I was deeply serious. I remember returning to my room after parties, and sighing with relief. … [Continue reading]
“Advent Calendar” by Rowan Williams
Advent Calendar He will come like last leaf's fall. One night when the November wind has flayed the trees to the bone, and earth wakes choking on the mould, the soft shroud's folding. He will come like frost. One morning when the shrinking … [Continue reading]
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