Reflections – Merry and True

Psalm of Lament

How long will it be Lord? Don’t You see me day after day, week after week at my computer? I pour out my life as the hours and hours at the keyboard go by. I am weary. Not without reason do I feel down. I see others exalted and praised for empty, meaningless words; liftedContinue reading “Psalm of Lament”

Millions of Little Flames Alight

Each follower is a little flame bringing forth the light of Christ. Light in a dark, uncertain world. Warmth in the chill of godless society. The flame flickers sometimes, but it never goes out. Each follower of Jesus brings hope to someone, somewhere, somehow. Pentecost is symbolized by flames like the ones that came downContinue reading “Millions of Little Flames Alight”

The Empty Tomb and Resurrection

Sometimes life is too hard, too dark, you feel trapped as if in a tomb. It seems like the end. But then patiently wait three days. Count three days, keep watch through the pain. Wait and hope. If you can’t hope, just wait. On the third day go to the tomb and enter; examine theContinue reading “The Empty Tomb and Resurrection”

Good Friday and the Cross

It came to this. An ending in dust sticking to blood, body broken, searing pain, the final loud cry and breath drawn – defeat. Darkness came down. It was the unjust end, the triumph of brutal power to end life – even the giver of Life – they cut him down. His message was hope,Continue reading “Good Friday and the Cross”

How Did Abraham Reach the Promised Land?

When I lived in Chile I went to a Bible study at the parish church. We gathered around a man with bushy eyebrows to learn. He asked us, the people gathered round, ‘How did Abraham reach the Promised Land?’ Raise your hand if you know the answer. I was racking my brains thinking, surely I knowContinue reading “How Did Abraham Reach the Promised Land?”