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Hoping and praying
Illuminated by hope, prayer chatters across the garden fence between earth and heaven, clouding the air with gossipy details… When hope has set beyond the horizon, prayer retreats into the house, slams the door, draws down the shades, unwilling to submit to … Continue reading
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Tagged depression and spirituality, hamlet, heaven, hope, optimism, pessimism, prayer
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Spiritual warfare: a sonnet with apologies to Hamlet
The “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” have nothing on the armour-piercing fury of a bullet tipped with wormwood gall; no arbitrary missile this, but launched from beyond the earth; underworld to surface borne on wings of fire, brimstone burning, … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry
Tagged demons, hamlet, Mark 9:29, outrageous fortune, prayer, Sonnet, spiritual warfare, wormwood
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