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The Promise
The book of Jeremiah is hard reading. In much the same way as Lamentations, Jeremiah has at its heart promises of great consolation in chapters 30-33. These chapters will serve to be the source of reflection in a series for Advent which begins today. This sonnet is based on Jeremiah…
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King of Peace
This sonnet is a bit reworked. (Is any poem ever finished?) It is based on Hebrews 7:1-8:1 in which the author of Hebrews explains the priestly ministry of Jesus Christ in light of the priest and king, Melchizedek, who appears in Genesis 14 blessing Abraham and giving him bread and…
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Thanksgiving
A sonnet for Thanksgiving Day. For the blue sky sun, who showers warmth and light Though it runs fast on this short autumn day, For afternoon dusk, the long winter’s night, I give You thanks on this Thanksgiving Day. For this big beaver moon whose brighter ray Sends me inside,…
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Words Alone
Eugene Peterson quotes Abraham Heschel in his chapter on Jehoiakim in the book Run with Horses. Heschel, speaking of the word and the scriptures, writes, “Some people may wonder: why was the light of God given in the form of language? How is it conceivable that the divine should be…
