Prodigal Homecoming

Prodigal Homecoming

I sense the excitement in his mind: The prodigal taking all that he had  And moving out, a feeling of freedom in the air, Stretching the strings that held him back, Rejecting home Familiar, undervalued, And stepping out into the world….   Yet every new excitement...
Waiting for God

Waiting for God

Face to face? Ah, no God; such language falsifies the relation. Nor side by side, nor near you, nor anywhere in time and space…   Young I pronounced you. Older I still do, but seldomer now, leaning far out over an immense depth, letting your name go and...
Choose my Path

Choose my Path

However dark it be; Lead me by thine own hand, Choose out the path for me. Smooth let it be or rough, It will be still the best; Winding or straight, it leads Right onward to thy rest. Choose thou for me my friends, My sickness or my health; Choose thou my cares for...
My name is ‘I am’ not ‘I was’

My name is ‘I am’ not ‘I was’

I was regretting the past However dark it be; And fearing the future. Suddenly my lord was speaking; ‘My name is I am.’ He paused. I waited. He continued’ ‘When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not ‘I was’....
A flash of rare delight

A flash of rare delight

Enjoyment is a flash of rare delight, While only Christ illuminates for me The fear and darkness of this Earth’s strange night.   Audrey Milner (1924-2017), Southwell.