Tag Archives: South Africa

Prayer for Soweto, South Africa

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Maren

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 →

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Prayer for the flooding in South Africa

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Maren

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 →

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Three Poems by Isabel de Gruchy, South Africa

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Maren

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 →

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“Not Done Yet” new poetry manuscript from South Africa

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Maren

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 →

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Blessings for Christmas from South Africa and Aotearoa

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Maren

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 →

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Go to the ant … poem from South Africa

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Maren

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 →

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Justice and Peace Prayers from Volmoed, Hermanus, South Africa

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Maren

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 →

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Some prayers from Volmoed, Hermanus, South Africa

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Maren

  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 →

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Poetry for the Seasons from South Africa

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Maren

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 →

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Morning Walk … Thank you for the rainbow

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Maren

“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 →

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