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Tag Archives: South Africa
Prayer for Soweto, South Africa
Christ of the changing of water to wine,of joy at greeting friends in inns,of tenderness and weepingat the tragedies of life, be, we pray, the comfort and the careof those who mournfourteen of your childrenkilled last night in the tavernin … Continue reading
Prayer for the flooding in South Africa
God who walks on the most terrible waters,we pray for KwaZulu-Natal province,for those who are grievingmore than three hundred and six people,those whose homes are destroyed,whose roads are cut off from safety. For the bridge gone in Durban, we pray … Continue reading
Three Poems by Isabel de Gruchy, South Africa
Grateful to post poems in three very different moods from Isabel De Gruchy’s newest book Not Done Yet. She writes in the opening words: By naming this collection of poems Not Done Yet I may be shouting defiance at the … Continue reading
“Not Done Yet” new poetry manuscript from South Africa
I’ve just read Isobel DeGruchy’s new poetry manuscript – “Now Done Yet.” She brings her gifts of painting and photography to the collection. Isobel writes in her introduction: By naming this collection of poems “Not Done Yet” I may be … Continue reading
Blessings for Christmas from South Africa and Aotearoa
Beverley Osborn of Aotearoa sent this her Christmas card: Eight hundred years ago, Hildegarde of Bingen said, “Every creature glistens and glitters as a mirror of divinity.” After a night of storms — sleep broken by the sound of lashing … Continue reading
Go to the ant … poem from South Africa
From the remarkable poet Isobel DeGruchy of South Africa. This personal zoo comes from her 2010 book From Well and from Woe. Go to the Ant… The ant is always hurrying from place to place, appearing industrious; I am the … Continue reading
Justice and Peace Prayers from Volmoed, Hermanus, South Africa
I share here some prayers from the newly revised Volmoed Retreat Centre prayer book sent to me by Isobel Degruchy. You will find the introduction and then some selected prayers for Wednesdays when the theme is justice and peace. I … Continue reading
Some prayers from Volmoed, Hermanus, South Africa
I share here some prayers from the newly revised Volmoed Retreat Centre prayer book sent to me by Isobel Degruchy. You will find the introduction and then some selected prayers for Mondays when the theme is creation. Those who … Continue reading
Poetry for the Seasons from South Africa
Isobel De Gruchy of South Africa gives permission for these beautiful poems and her accompanying drawings which will by included in her forthcoming book Between Heaven and Earth Poems, Prayers, Pictures Resource Publishers, Eugene Oregon All Rivers Flow to the … Continue reading
Morning Walk … Thank you for the rainbow
“Ever, indeed, … never enough.” Mark Rideout’s words. Mark of Somersworth, New Hampshire, writes a reflection on one morning walk and combines — awe, praise, wonder, trust and call — a modern-day psalmist. Isobel DeGruchy of South Africa follows with … Continue reading
Gifts in Open Hands 