What God Requires
It is not great sacrifice that you require of us, God, filling your temple with slaughtered animals, or the overflowing rivers of our wealth; It is not laboured rituals [...]
It is not great sacrifice that you require of us, God, filling your temple with slaughtered animals, or the overflowing rivers of our wealth; It is not laboured rituals [...]
How we underestimate your compassion, Jesus; we are too easily convinced that you frown more than you smile, that our weakness and ignorance, our mistakes and sins, guarantee nothing but [...]
I sometimes wonder how it makes you feel, God, when we speak of you in the hushed tones of fear, when we think of holiness as rigid rule-keeping, and harsh [...]
Keep us, O God, from dry, brittle religion, from rigid laws and cold judgements, from personal piety and aloof disinterest in the well-being of others. Teach us the way of [...]
It’s not wrong to ask where you are, God, when innocent children go hungry, or are abducted as sexual slaves or die of curable diseases, or are forced to fight [...]
There is a sound, God, when grief spills from the corner of an eye, and stains the earth with its wetness. It is not a quiet sound, although it may [...]
If we’re honest, compassion does not come easy to us, God; We see others who struggle; those without homes, or food; those dying from curable diseases, simply because they can’t [...]
Keep us from our self-imposed blindness, Jesus; hold our heads firmly in your grasp so we cannot look away from those who are broken; pull us forward so that we [...]
In a cynical and despairing world, O God, give us a quietly prophetic voice to proclaim your hope. In a violent and angry world, O God, give us a [...]
We praise you, Lord, and our spirits rejoice in you – our Saviour; For you take notice of the unnoticeable, and transform them into the blessed; You are strong [...]