A Light on the Hill

Posts from the ‘Exploring Faith’ category

This is a space where we can explore our faith together in community. At Brougham Place we believe that faith is a journey into the very heart of God. We seek to learn from one another along the way and this is one space we can do this important work together.

Gaza: Poetic Reflections

Here are two poetic reflections on the current distressing situation in Gaza.Shared with permission of the poet, David Lorimer. The Dispossessed of Gaza Dispossessed,Displaced,DismemberedBy powerful forcesPlanning…

A Time to Turn

Turning with the change of season I find a simple symmetryTurning inwardBeyond busy communal livingTo spaces of my own mind and garden. There is a sloughing…

Retreat to Meditation

I’m in God’s dry dock.Hoisted from water’s reach,Out of my element,Set aside from the tide,Perched,Still,Silent. A very strange feeling. Sitting,Looking,ListeningTo nothing but myself,While the barnaclesAnd the…

The Covid Prayer

I’m washing my handsOf this whole Covid thing.It’s gone on long enough!That testing queue aint testing covid,It’s jolly well testing me!I’m just so staggered by what I see –From media beatups to rulebook flouters,That the case is clearly madeFor adults…

Waiting in Covid

What a strange world!So much is changed. Opportunities gone,Still, much remains. We hear the psalmist cryHow long will you forget us Lord?How long will you hide from…

Discovering Grace

Wish I were betterIn lots of ways. Like the small child,We peer from behindThe doorLeft slightly ajar. Journeying life’s road.Seen a fair bit.Good at doing.Not so…