Opposing sides
Do you ever sense that you're up against it? I know I have. Perhaps this is why I love to hear stories of people who overcome impossible odds. The world…
Turning Around in a Spiritual Autumn
Autumn leaves by Mary Aldwinckle ‘Where is your faith?’ is a good question to ask yourself now and again. I can’t seem to get away from the basics.Someone has said,…
Eternity
I've been thinking about eternity. It struck me that the teacher who wrote Ecclesiastes seemed to experiment his way through life- trying all it's pleasures and experiencing losses and pains-…
Mercy
MercyIs personified by anyonekind to otherssmall or large, rich or poor,‘vulnerable’ or notIt's undeserved by definitionif ‘standards aren’t maintained’When pain is great,and stress at fever pitch,it's needed in great proportionsKindness is a virtue…
A Puppet on Strings
At a community Church, a worshipper worships. An advancing brain tumour has gradually been taking his faculties away over time- but not his ability to worship. One day he has…
Vision after a Season of Trial
For a season, I’ve ridden sea monster vile The serpent is ordered to halt I’m flung ashore, battered and worn, clothing torn But then, I’m shown to a valley Its…
Kurdish kolbars
We were privileged to encounter a Kurdish man in his 20's. He stayed with us for a few months while an asylum seeker. He'd been put on a flight to…
Annie Forester in partnership with Chakategna for developing people
In East Africa where we were until ten years ago, we were also surrounded by poverty. Not everyone responds with compassion to the challenges. Some of us relatively comfortable folk…
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The Bigger Picture The Bigger Picture Home / Below a poem I've published on nexus. It was written recently a couple of years ago but is based on unforgettable experience…