A Song for Lent – Day 25 – Learning Contentment
Desire, wrongly placed, turns the ‘Bare Necessities of Life’ into wormwood and empties our hearts in a fruitless quest for the unattainable.
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A Song for Lent – Day 24 – Love Conquers All…. Even Tradition!
Tradition gives us a place from which to grow but it may also trap us in the past
A Song for Lent – Day 23 – Learning to Give in to Love
God comes to us with ‘Love and Redemption’ and not ‘Crime and Punishment’. Learning this sets us free from sin and for joyful service.
A Song for Lent – Day 22 – Coming Home
It is tempting to strike out on our own on the journey home and leave the Church to its ow mess. But we never find out who we are without other Christians holding up a mirror to our soul
A Song for Lent – Day 21 – ‘Secret Love’ is an Oxymoron
To Read: Click on song title to watch a video Secret Love from ‘Calamity Jane’ Once I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me All too soon my secret love Became impatient to be free So I told a friendly star The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are… Continue reading A Song for Lent – Day 21 – ‘Secret Love’ is an Oxymoron
A Song for Lent – Day 20 – The Body of Christ in a Brothel
To Read: Click on song title to watch a video The Movie in My Mind from ‘Miss Saigon’ They are not nice, they’re mostly noise They swear like men, they screw like boys I know there’s nothing in their hearts But every time I take one in my arms It starts: The movie in my… Continue reading A Song for Lent – Day 20 – The Body of Christ in a Brothel
A Song for Lent – Day 19 – Catching People Before they Fall
To Read: Click on song title to watch a video Send in the Clowns from ‘A Little Night Music’ Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air. Send in the clowns. Isn’t it bliss? Don’t you approve? One who keeps tearing around, one who can’t… Continue reading A Song for Lent – Day 19 – Catching People Before they Fall
A Song for Lent – 40 Days in the West End Day 18 – Being Who You Are
When God calls us to follow The Impossible Dream the one thing that stands in our way is often ourselves and our failure to believe that we can be loved perfectly.
A Song for Lent – Day 17 – Learning to say ‘no’ by saying ‘yes’
We have God given gifts of passion and desire which can bring much joy to the world. How do we cope when we find ourselves running to do the evil we do not want to do?
A Song for Lent – Day 16 – Don’t just believe, act!
To Read: Click on song title to watch a video Show Me from My Fair Lady Don’t talk of stars, burning above If you’re in love, show me Tell me not dreams, filled with desire If you’re on fire, show me Never do I ever want to hear another word There isn’t one, I haven’t… Continue reading A Song for Lent – Day 16 – Don’t just believe, act!
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