Walking through a magical garden gathering flowers in hand the air is filled with sweet perfume and I am at peace My arms are laden with glowing blossoms their colours an array of finest jewels I am showered in petals of light These are the gardens of Heaven the Lord is the Gardener His…
Walking a road that I do not know to a destination unknown I don’t know where I started from nor why I travel alone I walk when the sun is high above I walk in the moonless night I walk til I ache from head to toe and still no end in sight. Sometimes…
What is truth? Everyone’s got a different answer We should be kind to those who are kind to us We should shun those who are unhappy, lest they make us unhappy we should not care about the displaced, the homeless, the sick We should look after our own What is truth? said the governor…
One by one by streets and cities countries fall silent one by one turning out the lights the world waits, and wonders how long will it be until it’s all okay again And then what? Business as usual? Back to murder and war poverty and injustice pollution and destruction Business as usual or even…
Wish upon a falling star and peg your hopes to a flaming meteor Blow out the candles on your cake and wish on the symbolic extinguishing of flame Wish upon a first star on where your sight lands toss a coin in a fountain throw your wish in behind break a wishbone with a friend…
I thought I might continue to praise this ground-breaking series by talking about some favourite episodes from the second season. As before, I am not necessarily saying these are the best episodes, only favourites of mine. “The Howling Man” starts with a man remembering the past, which is very gothic – night, a storm, a…
I love a good Christmas carol Singing peace on Earth Christ is born Come let us adore Him We sing of shepherds getting supernatural visitation we sing of wise men taking a leap of faith we sing of a family out in the cold of a child born in poverty bearing the gift of…
And man, at war with man, hears not The love-song which they bring; O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing. No! shout the people of strife We won’t listen! Love is meaningless Peace is for the strong Justice is for the rich So tell heaven’s all-gracious king we will…
Check the clock, organize shop, visit, eat, drink invitations issued and accepted, cards dutifully filled out gifts dutifully bought tick off the to-do list until at last it’s all organized Christmas by the numbers How much is duty how much is expectation how much is actual love how much is remembrance of God’s great…
The idea of so-called prosperity preaching within the Christian Church is not as new as you might imagine. It started to creep into church teaching in the USA as far back as late nineteenth to early twentieth century. The basic idea is as follows: God will bless those who have faith in a material way,…
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