Remembering The Merton Prayer
Some days,Feeling uncertain,The road ahead is clouded.A mystery.What light at tunnel’s end?What friend along the roadside?Rumbling of the distant cloudsPierced with faraway streams of light. God’s…
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…
Beyond Illusion – Love ousts Fear
David Kranz 19/5/21
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…
Emergency Relief Centre – Service Closed
The UnitingCare North Adelaide Emergency Relief Centre was established in September 2020, as a response to the need for more sites to distribute some form of…
Towards a Regenerative God as Creator
We live in a rapidly evolving world. Even technologists have trouble keeping up with technology. Perceptions of God are virtually static— but divided — pro—con —…
Stewardship 2020/21
This year has been a really strange one. We have all had to learn about physical distancing, hand sanitiser and how to wear a mask. We…
Season of Creation 2020
The Season of Creation is celebrated during the month of September. All of creation is intimately connected. For centuries, even millennia, humans have seen ourselves as…
Perspectives on ‘TRUTH’ — through five windows
What it is — what it does — why it is important — where it applies — how to ‘do’ it. Context This is how I’ve…
Finding God in Covidworld
Where is God in thisWhen we’re doing it tough? When we’reSmothered in soapThrough the endless handwashing,Remembering and forgettingOur social distancing, Reaching incessantlyFor the hand santizer,Watching the ‘stats’…