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Father’s thought.
Carried on His Breath
became
a Word
formed in flesh
The Word was
ubiquitous.
Too powerful
to live
in time.
Too gracious
to refuse
to touch the ground.
Yet the Word was
eternal,
as the thought
as the breath,
that formed life
from the ground.
On the ground,
life
muffled,
misunderstood,
graffitied,
strangled,
the breath.
Deconstructed
The Word.
Flesh
crucified
flesh.
Wiped out
removed
crossed out
The Word.
But the Word
could never be
forgotten
reconfigured
re-thought
Because it is
Eternal
As God Himself

Graffiti
scrawled
on a concrete wall
an initial
scribbled
on a wooden desk
a pattern
stained
on a textbook
a tattoo
mark
on naked skin
Who are we?
Vandals,
Carvers,
Artists,
Sculptures?
We’re all trying to say
The same thing
I’m unique
I’m someone
I’m vulnerable
I’m ephemeral
I’m passing
O God
Don’t forget
My name
Remember me
In your Kingdom

Among some of the most difficult religious ideas for 21st century people to understand are the reasons given to them for the death of Jesus Christ.
We Christians think because we repeat a piece of scripture it will make sense to anyone who hears it or reads it.
Now I realise that [...]

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Chocolate Sunday is all about debunking the idea that [...]

I came across this quote from Mother Theresa I thought it was worth noting.

“People are often, unreasonable,
illogical, and self- centred
Forgive them anyway
If you are kind people may acuse you
of selfish ulterior motive.
Be kind anyway
If you are successful you will win some
false friends and true enemies
Succeed anyway
If you are honest and frank
people may cheat [...]

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We talked a lot last night
Thinking out loud
Maybe too loud
Questioning
What would be allowed
Searching
Trying to reach out
To touch
To grasp
ideas beyond [...]

I don’t know about you but I get so frustrated with the banking world. So much has become impersonal however what I’m going to write about today I want to preface with the comment that over the years I’ve been most impressed with our local Bank of Scotland branch staff in Bo’ness.
Today was no [...]