by revd | Dec 28, 2023 | Christ-likeness
… The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And...
by revd | Dec 6, 2023 | Believers
Lord, grant me to greet the coming day in peace. Help me in all things to rely upon your holy will. In every hour of the day, reveal your will to me. Bless my dealings with all who surround me. Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day with peace of...
by revd | Nov 30, 2023 | Church
There is a tree grows upside down, Its roots are in the sky; Its lower branches reach the earth When amorous winds are nigh. One lone bough there starkly hangs A Man just crucified, And all the other branches bear The choice fruits of the Bride. When...
by revd | Nov 23, 2023 | Humankind
“I’m not looking forward to Christmas,” The lass on the store check-out cries, Pinging the goods on the rumbling belt – The bread, and the wine, and the pies. I watch, as I stand in the fidgety queue As the lassie enlightens us all....
by revd | Nov 17, 2023 | Grace of God
To what serves mortal beauty? Dangerous; does set dancing blood…. What do then? How meet beauty? Merely meet it; own, home at heart, heaven’s sweet gift; then leave, let that alone, Yea, wish that though, wish all, God’s better beauty, grace....
