Looking Up
Too often, too easily, our eyes are drawn down, God, to the suffering of victims and the pain of perpetrators, to the wounds we inflict on others and the [...]
Listening
If there is anything we need to learn, it's to listen, God; In the midst of so many words telling us who ‘we’ are and who ‘they’ are, and what [...]
Jesus Knocking
You never really get tired of knocking, do you, Jesus? Your gentle persistence as you seek a welcome is both amazing and disturbing; There are times when I wish [...]
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 [...]
In Praise Of Being Noticed
We all like to be noticed, O God, from our earliest cries of “look at me!” to the cautious search for acknowledgement from someone special; from the longing for a [...]
How Many?
How many times each day do You come to me, Jesus? How many quiet prophets, how many whispered warnings are sent to catch my attention? And how many times [...]
Home
As Law-Giver and prophet’s Inspiration; as human Child and Carpenter; as Teacher and Healer and Crucified Saviour; as Indwelling Spirit and All-Encompassing Life-Giver; You have come to us and made [...]
Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd, Teach us to follow you to care for all that are close to us, to protect those who are threatened, to welcome those who are rejected, to forgive [...]
God Of Presence And Light
God of Presence and Light, We like to imagine that we are bold and strong, that there is nothing that can frighten us But, we are not strangers to trembling, [...]
Finding God Together
The image you have shaped within us, mysteriously, incredibly, a reflection of your own Being, Is best seen in the multiple refractions, of our variegated humanity; in the prismatic [...]