Archive for May 2008
If God was as civilised as most Christians wish him to be he would be useless to Christianity.
….what was it Graham Greene said; “You can’t conceive, nor can I, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.”
skeleton frames
there’s an old fella who lives in a house i pass twice everyday
this morning i noticed he had lost a lot of weight
he was always slightly on the ‘full’ side
today it was as if that had changed overnight
he sits by his open window at his little table
his bit of wood full of tablets
his seat is a wheel-chair
he has no legs
always a cheerful soul, amidst the coughing and spluttering, there is always a
‘good morning my friend’ – even though i know bugger all about him
yet not this morning,
and as i passed just a few minutes ago on a sunny afternoon,
the window was closed….he was gone
I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God – that I am sick and can no longer make it alone.
I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.”
(Douglas Coupland, Life After God)
I guess this means I’m back……
