Full of the fear of not knowing
Full of the fear of not knowing And not being known Not even to myself I run from everyone And constantly arrive in a silence Before you Hunting the elusive peace The final resting in you Frightened of shadows Frightened of my fear Which love should have cast out Frightened of the brightness of this day Because of its contrast With any succeeding darkness And frightened of you I come to you Many feelings for you and the world around me War with one another in me And yet behind allthose feelings is a certainty That my life is rooted in you With all fear and joy Restless and amazement Stress...
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I long for your presence I want to talk to you Not only in prayers Not only in thoughts I want to see you But not only in the faces of others I want to talk to you directly I want to see your lips move To see your eyes look into mine To see you use your hands To see you smile To see you cry But you don’t come And my longing remains Now I will convert that longing into energy And that energy into making you visible In me Poem by Ulrich Schaffer
Read MoreYour gentle voice calls me into my silence
Your gentle voice calls into my silence Searches me out in love Overwhelms me with many forms of light And I answer your call With a hesitant voice: Here I am I am a son of God A child Through the death of your son I am blameless and pure In the grace that you hold in readiness For me My head swims At what you have done for me I drink in the light That spreads with your presence And I am whole Poem by Ulrich Schaffer
Read MoreWhat I love about God
Last Sunday we looked at prayer and pondered that a good place to start is not to ask for things but simple to say how much God means to us. We brainstormed some of things, putting them on the post-it notes on a board, and used that as a starting point to pray: Security His justice Creativity (and him giving that to us as a gift) Faithful Never changes Sense of humour Variety He is the greatest mathematician Continual forgiveness He is an artist Guides Constant Generosity Persistent Abounding grace His kindness His humour The freedom to be myself and accept who I...
Read MoreMy Donkey Body
My Donkey Body by Michael Wenham I have just finished reading this book and found it very moving. It is a church minister’s autobiographical struggle with Motor Neurone Disease. He can be found blogging here and here. I am struggling at the moment to know how to help a friend, his wife and a young son who have just heard that his brain tumour has come back following a remission over the last couple of years. He lives in Leeds so a long way a way and I feel powerless to help them. They are Christians and it is a struggle to see where God is in the illness but I spent a bit of time with...
Read MoreShane Claiborne Interview
Our very own George Luke catches up with Shaine Claiborne at surefish.co.uk.
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