Everlasting Gaze
by i.burgess on November 30, 2011
We all want to hold in the everlasting gaze Enchanted in the rapture of his sentimental sway But underneath the wheels lie the skulls of every c.o.g. The fickle fascination of an everlasting god Possibly Related Posts: A New Year Prayer Fear Not The Toilsome Path I Love The Machine Lead, Kindly Light He asked [...]
Bear The Yoke
by i.burgess on November 29, 2011
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. I’ve been reading a commentary by Robin Parry on Lamentations. It’s in a fairly new series called ‘Two Horizons’ which offers both a commentary on the text, [...]
The Briefest Glimpse
by i.burgess on November 25, 2011
This is what my Friday evening looks like. At this time of year these views become rare and precious. The sun is all too quick to vanish from the horizon, as if we’ve done something to offend her. She keeps her distance and skirts along the bottom of the sky, never staying for long. I [...]
Fear Not The Toilsome Path
by i.burgess on November 24, 2011
Come hither, all ye that have strayed and lost your way, whatever your error and sin may have been, whether it be one which in human eyes is more more pardonable and yet perhaps more dreadful, or one more dreadful in human eyes and yet perhaps more pardonable, one which was revealed here on earth, [...]
He gave the impossible
by i.burgess on November 23, 2011
They need not go away; you give them something to eat. Two weeks ago I posted a short reflection on Matthew 14, where Jesus feeds the five thousand. At that time I was most struck by the huge demand Jesus placed on his disciples, rowing across lakes and ministering to the sick and giving out [...]
I Love The Machine
by i.burgess on November 22, 2011
First the machine replaced the human slave, then humans were turned into slaves of the machine. -David Bosch Beep-beep-beep-beep-stop. Hand crashes into the electric sound in the half light between day and night. Body regains control and perceives it’s surroundings. Needs energy. Must be strong for the day. Neat shirt with inoffensive necktie. People think [...]
Lead, Kindly Light
by i.burgess on November 13, 2011
Today, I’m finding this hymn something of a comforting resolution to a spiritually difficult week. Especially the line “Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see, the distant scene; one step enough for me” Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from [...]
Wretchedness, Pascal and Grace
by i.burgess on November 11, 2011
If there were no obscurity, man would not be sensible of his corruption; if there were no light, man would not hope for a remedy. Thus, it is not only fair, but advantageous to us, that God be partly hidden and partly revealed; since it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing [...]
He asked the impossible
by i.burgess on November 9, 2011
“They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” So says Jesus to his followers. They went to him after a busy day preaching and ministering in a remote place. There was no food there for the people who came, and so the disciples thought it was time to end the day so [...]
Friendly like a knife
by i.burgess on November 8, 2011
An hour and a half. He yelled at me for an hour and a half. And hung his head in disappointment. And sighed the long breath of a heavy heart. And he loved me with all of his soul. This evening a dear friend took the time to call me out on some things. Lots [...]
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