Thank You Easter! Easter has come and gone againEach time it's here it stirs withinMy heart a song bursting forthWith no words just a longing strong To bask once more in my Saviour's embraceAnd know that He loves me and took my placeUpon that old rugged cross where lives are wreckedHe sacrificed His life never … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #178
Advent Musings #1/5 -- Hope They say that HopeIs all but goneAnd in many waysIt's true Each time we open A browser tab for newsLess the exception More the rule We'll find nothing butConflicts and chaos Carnage and calamitiesThere seems little we can do For all around usThe color of this rock Earth isRusty, bloody … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #161
It's that time of year again - December. Meaning 2021 is coming to a close. After the crazy we've had these past 20-21 months, you would think we're finally entitled to end this year of 2021 with some yuletide cheer right? Yet here we are again. Another Covid Christmas; with no clear end in sight … Continue reading My Conflicted Christmas & Year End Musings 2021
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com Picture it. Two men emerge from a delivery van parked at the bottom of an apartment block. They start to unload parcels in all shapes and sizes, placing them in an orderly fashion on the pavement. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason where each parcel is … Continue reading My Conflicted Christmas 2020 Musings #2 of 2
Photo by Giftpundits.com on Pexels.com In the twinkling of an eye, Christmas is here again! Another year to celebrate Christ's birth, but also another year of confusion and conflicting feelings for me. And perhaps, in this Covid/Climate/Campaign year, for many of us too. But for me, none of those events brought on these unsettled emotions … Continue reading My Conflicted Christmas 2020 Musings #1 of 2
Recently, a brief discussion arose in my cell group's chat on WhatsApp. It was a controversial issue about certain believers urging churches to stop playing Bethel and Hillsong worship music. Now I usually keep mum when it comes to controversies in Christendom. Not because I’ve no opinions, since I’m known among friends to be a contrarian, one … Continue reading The light “within” us must be greater than the light “upon” us
