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Earlier I wrote of Paulo Coelho’s book The Alchemist. This Brazilian writer has gained worldwide readership with a style that combines adventure with inspiration. He breaks moulds. He dares to risk. He alludes to Biblical concepts with a strange mixture of New Age spirituality. This is...
Were there not ten
With my blessing
Leprous one moment, and then,
Sent for the priest’s
Absolution,
Clean and recovered again?
Was there but one
Back to thank me?
He, a Samaritan too.
Shameless he bows.
Adoration.
Here at the feet of a Jew.
Oh there’s much more
For the thankful.
Those who...
“It’s time for the reign of God
It’s time for your light to shine
It’s time for the Kingdom of our God
To be revealed…”
Brian Doerksen has given us some memorable praise choruses, but this one causes me concern. The suggestion is that we just have to be about doing more zealously the work of...
Jesus is a gentleman. To the hypocrite He is blasting words of fire. To the oppressor (a man such as Herod) He is terrifyingly silent. To the haughty and self-assured (a man such as the lawyer who elicited the parable of the Good Samaritan) He is succinctly challenging.
But to the needy...
He is coming,
Hear the chorus:
“Jesus, Saviour
Of men’s race.”
Now the victor
Over evil;
Routed, Satan,
Face to face.
Clear the pathway
Here in Glory,
That Messiah
May pass by.
Note the emblems
Of his suff’ring
Now are dazzling
To the eye:
In his pierced hands
See the vessel
With the...
There’s just a hint of anger
Each time the Church comes up.
You must have felt its judgment;
You must have feared the cup.
You must have heard “unworthy”
So many times you quake,
And all your parents’ efforts
Somehow a big mistake.
_____
The cloister and confessional,
The habit and the rail,
The...
Aye, there was a death alright.
Sent me back to finish off
The three of them.
Clubbed, smashed legs
For the two rogues.
Breathing becomes impossible.
Third one looked already gone.
They told me He’d been different;
Calm, connecting with some Spirit.
Eyes closed, serene
Like a worker in a...
Peter, James and John had been up the Transfiguration Mount with Jesus (Matthew 17). They had seen His awesome momentary metamorphosis. Had realized that Moses and Elijah were communicating with their Master. Had heard the words of God, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” (verse...
You need to get down low and point yourself in the direction in which He is traveling. Disregard the looks or comments of others. This is your time and you sense somehow that Jesus is making Himself available.
Others have suggested different means of rescue. You refuse to be distracted. Your...
Say the Name
And watch waters
Part before you.
On the one side
Smiling faces
Touched by grace.
On the other
Clear discomfort,
Cold suspicion.
And a charge
That you are clearly
Out of place.
Say the Name
And the demons
Look for cover;
And a shaft of
Light invades
Where darkness reigned.
And a...
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They come here by habit
And smile the right way
And pause as they honour
The Lord’s Sabbath Day.
Yes, pause, from a schedule
That seems quite removed
From meekness and mercy
The things that He loved.
And quick, shake the hand
And guide to a...