Harvest: theirs and ours

Harvest: theirs and ours

We dare not ask you bless our harvest feast Till it is spread for poorest and for least. We dare not bring our harvest gifts to you Unless our hungry brothers share them too.                          Not only at this time, Lord; every day Those whom you love are dying...
Pull up the ladder Jack!

Pull up the ladder Jack!

Deal not with me God as I have dealt with Man In the prosperity which thou hast given me Helpless in his need a careless course I ran And now O Lord that thou hast driven me To my last gasp, I pray for all I am not worth Deal not with me as I have dealt on earth....

Dangerous Day Dreaming

All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mindsj  awake to find that it is vanity; But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men for they may act with open eyes to make it possible.   T.E. Lawrence (1888 – 1935), Seven...
Practical thanks for God’s amazing grace

Practical thanks for God’s amazing grace

God’s amazing grace The Scriptures received as God’s word. People who are alive to God Ideas which are new to me A need to which I am fitted to respond A new achievable challenge Confidence reposed in me The family together and in harmony    Graham Greene (1904 –...
The call-out from our comfort

The call-out from our comfort

From our low seat beside the fire, Where we have dozed and dreamed And watched the glow Or raked the ashes, stopping so We scarcely saw the sun and rain above Or looked higher Than this same quiet red or burned out fire Tonight we heard a call.   And so we cannot sit...