Why Do You Bother?
Why do you bother, Jesus, when we are so certain that we can create life for ourselves? When we try to pretend that we aren’t frightened of those different from [...]
Why do you bother, Jesus, when we are so certain that we can create life for ourselves? When we try to pretend that we aren’t frightened of those different from [...]
God, whose word spoke life and creativity into a formless universe, and order to a nation of escaped slaves, whose strong and compassionate voice challenged injustice through frail prophets, we [...]
Sometimes it feels like it doesn't really matter, God, if we ignore the needs of our spouse, or shout at the kids unnecessarily, or elaborate on the truth just a [...]
Who do I say You are, Jesus? Sometimes I think I know, and I eagerly praise You, I confess that I have learned to know God because of You, [...]
Who are you, Jesus? It seems that people have always wanted to know; From the beginning when foreigners travelled great distances just to see you, To now when trying [...]
In the noise of ideologies and agendas, you gently whisper, O God; In the cacophony of rhetoric and propaganda, you gently whisper, O God; In the madness of [...]
When we treat our faith as nothing more than a self-help system and You, God, as simply a cure for whatever ails us, Where is the love? When we [...]
Where is the grace, O God, When a small percentage of the world lives in comfort while the vast majority live in hunger and need? Where is the grace, [...]
There are so many people of influence in our world, Jesus, Those with loud voices and deep pockets, those with large lives and wide networks. But, where are the leaders? [...]
Lord Jesus, in You we recognise what life can be: Recklessly loving, abundantly forgiving, and limitlessly free. Thank You for offering this life to us again, now. Thank You for [...]