A brief thought I wrote just over a year ago. It's hard to believe that much time has passed, and all that came between.
Rainfall
Category: So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
Mama
Mama, Please forgive me, I'm so sorry. I know that you're not happy with me and that I am and will be a source of pain to you but I promise I don't mean it. I know there will be times when I make it hard for you, times when I frustrate you, times when … Continue reading Mama
Holy Sonnet X
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death... It feels as though it shouldn't happen on sunny days and yet it inevitably does. People seem to make a point of passing away under … Continue reading Holy Sonnet X
Saturday
Today must have been the worst day in all the world. It must have been agony living through those hours. Imagine: They woke as they always did and rubbed the sleep from their eyes, perhaps glad that it was the Sabbath at last. And then remembrance washed over them with the watery light of dawn, … Continue reading Saturday
22 Things My Parents Taught Me
My parents done good. As one of the few who have first-hand experience of being raised by them, I stand by the truth of this statement. Yesterday marked a rather significant day in my life, one which was probably pretty memorable for my parents. So in honour of the fact that they have never given … Continue reading 22 Things My Parents Taught Me
The Greatest in the Kingdom
** I wrote this piece when I was sixteen. It's a long read but it's one of the pieces that first made me realise just how powerful words are to make people feel.** The sky is carnival blue without a hopeful hint of cloud. The little white cross rests beneath a drooping … Continue reading The Greatest in the Kingdom
In Defense of Brotherhood
"He calls everyone brother, it's so weird." "I hardly know her and she calls me brother." "I find it so weird that he calls people brother, we're not American." I'd never heard a man call another man brother in real life until a good few years after God brought my family into the Reformed church. … Continue reading In Defense of Brotherhood
Onwards and Upwards
There are a lot of memes going around about this year. Memes about this year going around, that is. Some of them are actually quite funny. No one can deny that it has been a rather peculiar year for everyone. So in light of all the sadness, strangeness, and semi-unexpected nonsense going on this year … Continue reading Onwards and Upwards
Death May Only Borrow
On August 11th 2011 an email of a smiling family arrived in my inbox with the heading Rejoice with Us. The family had just had a little girl and I had just said goodbye to one. It turns out that loving someone makes no physical difference. Loving someone does not stop the curse. Loving someone … Continue reading Death May Only Borrow
Why I Love the Church That Raised Me
** Sorry that I haven't written in a while, it's been busy and I'm a little out of practice** My parents never intended us to end up in the church we belong to now. We went to visit and were unwittingly spellbound by a depth of teaching we'd never known to be possible. Sure, … Continue reading Why I Love the Church That Raised Me
