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 [...]
No Dying Today
You keep talking about dying, Jesus; about how life is found not by white-knuckled clinging; but by a prodigal losing. We nod and smile, and ponder the deep significance [...]
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 [...]
Light And Salt
It’s much easier, Jesus, to point fingers and speak with horror about the darkness in our world, than to live ablaze with light, revealing the truth of systems and situations, [...]
Just Grace
Gracious God, today, as everyday, we pray for grace, but today, we ask a little more - for a grace that is costly, for a grace that is just, and [...]
In The Stillness
It feels like madness to stand before the giant with nothing but faith and a few small stones. It seems insane to believe that anything but brute force can match [...]
If Not For Your Embrace Of Death
When the truth-twisting accusations were spat in Your face, Jesus, when the crowds chanted their execution-call, when the nails forced their way through Your flesh, Things could have been very [...]
I Am Still Here
I want to run But I’m still here. To run, not from God - but from the people who use his name. I journey, I work, I pray I grow [...]
How You Have Loved
How deeply you have loved us, Jesus; how willingly you stepped into our experience, how completely you empathised with all that we endure. Teach us to love as you have [...]
Fists And Hands
It's a world of fists, Jesus. We have no shortage of excuses to fight; the smallest difference, the most insignificant slight the least justifiable defense of our rights or privilege [...]