I want to know you Christ I want to know you ChristAnd to make you knownI want to fall in your footprintsReap the harvest you have sown I want to noticeWhen you slip into the roomPresence of fragranceNo longer in a tomb I want to knowThe punctures in your skinMay […]
Poetry
21 posts
In my hiding place You are a hiding place for me A large rock A small crevice My ant like self can find a home Deep within its bossom I follow the fissure I burrow in deep I hide my self in you Feathers fall at my feet Safe and […]
The orphan and the widow The orphan and the widow You provide for them both Both lost attachments You care for their growth You watch over strangers You care for the poor Prisoners locked up inside Need not worry anymore I secure my attachment I cling to the host […]
I Remember I remember From this day The little gifts Left along the way I remember the silence I remember the sounds Little dog ears Even there you are found I add them all up When my mind starts to wander To places of fear Despondency bondage I’m growing […]
I Can’t Take the Pain Away I can’t take the pain away I don’t have a magic wand I don’t have a time travel machine To wish us back to nought It’s the clugginess Of this earth bound clay That grips around the soul One day, we know not when […]
A 17th Century Nun Prayed ‘Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and someday will be old.’ Recently, I went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a small village here in New Zealand. In 1892, Suzanne Aubert (better known as Mother Mary Joseph) established the congregation […]
Rebuilding Walls have weakened, crumbling, sinking low to ground, sagged like our spirits as they view the sorry edifice before us
This morning I heard this beautiful translation of Psalm 23. Enjoy The Lord is my constant companion. There is no need that He cannot fulfil.
Letting go The more difficult the problem the tighter we tend to hang on as if by grim determination we should squeeze the answer out like the last toothpaste from an already-squashed,
Three Gratitude’s Every night before I go to sleep I say out loud Three things that I’m grateful for, All the significant, insignificant Extraordinary, ordinary stuff of my life. It’s a small practice and humble, And yet, I find I sleep better Holding what lightens and softens my life […]