Seeing Glory
We seem to have lost the ability to see glory, God; We look at money, or medals, last-person-standing triumphs, and exclusive, only-for-the-privileged-few accolades, and we call these glorious, forgetting how [...]
Passing It On
Though it may seem to us that evil spreads like a virus, though it may feel naïve to resist it, we choose to believe that your spirit’s fruit can satisfy [...]
Overwhelming The Weeds
What a mixed bunch we are, Jesus, and what a tortoise-shell world we live in; Light ands shadow, grace and judgement, goodness and sin side by side in each of [...]
Only Praise
Because of your grace and beauty, your compassion and truth, we offer you our tongues, O God, as instruments of praise. In joy and celebration, in grief and despair, [...]
Mustard Seed Faith
When injustice looms large, remind us that small, daily Gospel obediences reveal the infinite wideness of God’s mercy, and strengthen all whose lives of daily justice bring grace into the [...]
May Your Kingdom Come
Lord God, Sovereign of all, We need Your wisdom and compassion to flood the corridors of power in our world. May Your Kingdom come. We need creativity and courage [...]
Magnificat
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 [...]
Loving Through The Storm
The worst storms, Jesus, are the ones caused by our fear, when we grow afraid of losing our power, or we grow suspicious of the power of others, when we [...]
Jesus In Disguise
It’s a tough thing for us to learn, Jesus, how you hide in the most unlikely places; how you beckon us into life and compassion by disguising yourself in broken [...]
Help Me, Jesus
This following is hard, Jesus; I thought it would be easier somehow; I didn’t count on all the direction and obedience; I didn’t think that Your vineyard would be [...]