Category: Poems
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That Lonesome Cup
Meditation on Matthew 26 The cup was in hand, Passed around, shared, Communion enjoyed amongst those who cared, That merry band, Together in thick and thin, The Man in the centre they surround, Who would soon be crowned, And let them in, And so that cup, together, At the feast of feasts, The greatest to…
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The Tears That Are Seeds of Hope
There is so much decay around us. Everywhere. Each one. Declining health, immense poverty, death, broken relationships, unloved children, shame, starvation, mental scarring, oppression, broken systems, corrupt systems, non-existent systems. And that is a short-list for our corner of this globe. Each nation has its own list. Maybe we just grow numb to it with…
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There Are Stars That Sing In Outer Space
A sister in our church informed me once of the fact that the stars “sing”. We know this apparently from a discipline called “Asteroseismology”. What struck me was how this reflected the “forgotten” Christian life. That is, the life lived not at the front but faithfully to God nonetheless, which he takes pleasure in. Funny…
Imitators of Those 