by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) – Between the end of the “Chatterley” ban And the Beatles’ first LP. Up to then there’d only been A sort of bargaining, A wrangle for the ring, A shame that...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
You said you’d come and share all my sorrows You said you’d be there for all my tomorrows I came so close from sending you away But just like you promised You came here to stay I just had to pray And Jesus said, “Come to the water Stand by my side...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
O God, can a man find you when he lies with his face downwards And his nose in the rubble that was his achievement? Is the music playing behind the door of despair? Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67), From Failure Up, 1988.
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Christ-likeness
Human persons in every age, always and everywhere, whether they realise and reflect upon it or not, are in relationship with the unutterable mystery of human life that we call God. Looking at Jesus Christ the crucified and risen one, we can have the hope that now in...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Our Father
It was the first failure (Mons Officer Training Unit, Aldershot) I’d ever had, but it was salutary. I had begun my National Service as a committed Christian, a Conservative and, I’m sure, a prig. Now priggishness apart, I was none of these things quite, and though I...
