by revd | Jul 13, 2023 | Grace of God
From all my lame defeats and oh much more From all the victories that I seemed to score; From cleverness shot forth on thy behalf At which, while angels weep, the audience laugh; From all my proofs of thy divinity, Thou, who wouldst give no sign, deliver me. ...
by revd | Jul 6, 2023 | Grace of God
I threaten’d to observe the strict decree Of my dear God with all my power and might; But I was told by one it could not be; Yet I might trust in God to be my light. “Then will I trust,” said I, “in Him alone.” “Nay,...
by revd | Jul 1, 2023 | Our Father
…say God’s a phone, maybe. You know you didn’t order a phone, but there it is. It rings. You don’t know who it could be. You don’t want to talk, so you pull out the plug. It rings. You smash it with a hammer till it bleeds springs and...
by revd | Jun 8, 2023 | Believers
Masons, when they start upon a building, Are careful to test out the scaffolding; Make sure that the planks won’t slip at busy joints, Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints. And yet all this comes down when the job’s done Showing off walls of...
by revd | Jun 1, 2023 | Our Father
God of time and God eternal, God beyond millennia; God whose fingerprints reveal you In the atom and the stars: Flood our hearts with hope and wonder, Fill us with your healing love. God, in Jesus, you have lived life, Shared constraints of...