Poetry
Favourite sacred songs/hymns?
On Facebook yesterday (16 July 2009) I wrote: ‘When I survey the wondrous cross / On which the Prince of Glory died / My richest gain I count but loss / And pour contempt on all my pride… Were the whole realm of nature mine / That were a present far too small / Love […]
Hymn in a Time of Tragedy
Here’s another hymn worth considering for Sunday (the weekend after Black Saturday in Victoria, February 2009). Appropriate in the context of prayers of intercession and healing in the light of the bushfire tragedy. —————– Origins: This song comes from John L. Bell and Graham Maule of the Iona Community. The words were sung after sixteen […]
Journey of the Magi
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter. And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on […]
Things to Think
Think in ways you’ve never thought before. If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message Larger than anything you’ve ever heard, Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may bring a bear to your door, Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose Has risen out of the […]
Album Review – Life, Death, Love and Freedom – John Mellencamp
This is the latest offering from that doyen of a man who is at once the cool all-American rock star who also has a deep social conscience. I first became a fan of John Mellencamp in the late 1980s when he produced such classic albums as Scarecrow and The Lonesome Jubilee. On the inside cover […]
Secular Poets, Sacred Problems
*Sightings* 7/24/08 — V. Joshua Adams Charles Simic, outgoing U.S. Poet Laureate, recently published his nineteenth book of poems, entitled *That Little Something*. The title is both a joke and a lament: Simic is a poet who, during a long and successful career, has mastered the art of sounding ironic and playful while actually being […]
Song of Unity (Uniting Church in Australia 1977)
Members of the Churches, seeking full obedience, Setting forth the Lord’s salvation through His Word. Finding His renewal, Loyal to His will, Witnessing to all the world, His call fulfill! Praise to Christ, to Christ our Saviour, Praise to Christ, to Christ the Son, While we strove for unity, He made us one!
You Light Up My Life
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (Debbie Boone) So many nights I sit by my window Waiting for someone to sing me his song So many dreams I kept deep inside me Alone in the dark but now You’ve come along You light up my life You give me hope To carry on You light up […]
Making saints
The Psychologist He takes the saints to pieces And labels all the parts He tabulates the secrets Of loyal loving hearts. His reasoning is perfect, His proofs as plain as paint, He has but one small weakness, He cannot make a saint. Studdert Kennedy
Favorite Christmas Carol?
Results of Christianity Today Poll 2007: What is your favorite Christmas carol? * O Holy Night: *32%* * Silent Night: *18%* * Joy to the World: *9%* * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: *8%* * O Come, All Ye Faithful: *7%* * Other: *7%* * What Child Is This?: *6%* * Hark! The Herald Angels […]
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