Words Of Life
The simplest word, easy to say and quickly forgotten, can leave a legacy of pain, or a long-lingering joy. Yet we fill the air with our words, oblivious, or [...]
Where Is The Love?
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 [...]
What Life Can Be
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 [...]
Unlikely Companions
It was scandalous then, Jesus: your inappropriate choice of associations, your insistence on being with those who were least likely to be friends of God. It’s scandalous now, Jesus! We [...]
True Whole-iness
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 [...]
The Way Forward
If the world was random, it would make no sense to try and make sense of it, to plan and pray, to work and hope to seek a way forward [...]
The Way
We are poor, Jesus, in love, in appreciation, in spirit; and we need Good News to fill us. We are broken, Jesus, in heart, in hope, in faith, and [...]
The Tyranny Of Vengeance
Here we are again, God With all that makes us who we are, all that fills our lives; Carrying into this place of joy and freedom the burdens we just [...]
The Family You Have Given
How many ways You have cared for us, O God; How many companions You have given to share our difficult and joyous journey. And yet we forget Your care, and [...]
Strange Co-workers
It is mystery that is beyond us, Jesus, that our clumsy attempts at goodness, our frail and faltering labours, could make any contribution to Your saving work in our world. [...]