Christian Meditative Poetry to Encourage and Challenge
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems Old Testament on Dec 20th, 2009
As Christmas nears, and I ponder billboards proclaiming there is no God on buses, and St Matthew’s in the City billboard and the rapid abyss into full scale secularism in New Zealand, I turn back to the message found in Isaiah 9. Unto us a child is born, a son is given – Emmanuel […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Dec 14th, 2009
It is all so easy to quickly read the account of the Birth of Christ in Luke 2. It is good to try and place ourselves in the story and wonder how the various characters felt, Joseph and Mary, The Shepherds, The Angels, The Wise Men, The Angels. Each of them must have experienced different […]
Posted in POEMS, Poems - Christmas, Poems New Testament on Dec 6th, 2009
Hi The Shepherds were out in their fields by night and suddenly an Angel appears, the Glory of God shines around them. What were they feeling, Luke puts it in perspective for us “They were terrified” I think I would have been too! One of the themes of Luke is the upside-down nature of the […]