I'm really into books more than poems but I do have a couple of favourite poems. Many years ago Francis Thompson wrote a poem where he describes God as the "Hound of Heaven", as the God who desires, pursues and actively seeks us out. Thompson describes how he fled from God, "down the nights and
Do you ever think how scary some of the songs we sing in church are? Annie Dillard must have thought about the songs at her church.
From "The Shaping of Things To Come" by Frost & Hirsch: "If we're living holy lives, praying for not yet Christians friends, socializing regularly and building
I've been reading Selwyn Hughes in Every Day with Jesus and he said some interesting things lately about churches: "People like the idea of a
Praying in a prayer room can be scary. We come to God without an agenda or actually we allow Him to set the agenda. It
Mark Buchanan also sees the connection between prayer and art. In his book "The Holy Wild" he begins one chapter bemoaning the fact that there
"Red Moon Rising" (as per last post) is not so much about intercessory prayer, but it is about creating a prayer room that becomes a
I was reading "Red Moon Rising" (by Pete Greig & Dave Roberts, pub. Kingsway, UK, 2004) and he tells the story of how Mike Brawan
Wow! My first blog, how exciting. Do you think we'll get the whole world blogging? Anyway I'm always reading lots of intereting things like this by
