Author: Ian Trimnell

This is what was bequeathed us by Gregory Orr   This is what was bequeathed us: This earth the beloved left And, leaving, Left to us. No other world But this one: Willows and the river And the factory With its black smokestacks. No other shore, only this bank On which the living gather. No meaning but...

To Learn From Animal Being By John O’Donohue  Nearer to the earth’s heart, Deeper within its silence: Animals know this world In a way we never will. We who are ever Distanced and distracted By the parade of bright Windows thought opens: Their seamless presence Is not fractured thus. Stranded between time Gone and time emerging,...

Hope, Faith, Love By  Reinhold Niebuhr  Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished...

I Didn’t See It by Prageeta Sharma And I didn’t see that now you were here on the page writing poems too: poems silken with blue, fortified with a metaphor passing through. But I knew this speaker was you and knew there was so much about you that could reach around the metaphor to a personal...

Good evening everyone, welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. How are you feeling today?  Are you really down and wondering how long this will go on?  Are you enjoying a change in your lifestyle? Are you feeling optimistic that we have turned a corner and life might get back to a new normal soon? I expect that,...

Morning Prayer for 22nd January 2021 Good Morning! Welcome to Friday, January 22nd, midway through this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity when Christians around the world take time to celebrate our common life. We demonstrate full, visible unity in Christ that is sometimes hidden by denominational differences through the act of praying together. That...

Good evening friends! God is good? We give thanks for Gods goodness and faithfulness in all the circumstances! Prayer: Loving God, we thank you for bringing us through this day and we pray that you will forgive us for the times when we wandered outside Your best will for us instead of trusting You implicitly. Thank You,...

YOUR WORD O LORD IS ETERNAL “Your word, O Lord is eternal: it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth and it endures” (Psalm119: 89-90 NIV). ‘Britain has changed and is changing, but the Lord does not change, and the message of the Christian faith does not change....

Shards of Light By Brian Doyle  We’re only here for a minute. We’re here for a little window. And to use that time to catch and share shards of light and laughter and grace seems to me the great story. Good evening and welcome to Evening Prayers That this evening may be holy, good and peaceful,...

Winter Blessing By Paula Kirman As the snow covers, the ground stays moist and insulated, ready for the next season’s sowing, growing and harvest. This is a time of preparation, a time of stillness and quiet. Even the creatures of the ground sleep in their dark, silent homes. This is an ending, and a beginning, an...

The Blessed Uncertain By Alfred K. LaMotte  In the time of the blessed uncertain, we become the community we needed to be all along. Entwined in solitude, we widen the space of compassion to heal dis-ease with ease and quench our thirst at the well of grieving. Tears are never false. Trust in your tears. Yet...

The Way of Pain By Wendell Berry  1. For parents, the only way is hard. We who give life give pain. There is no help. Yet we who give pain give love; by pain we learn the extremity of love. 2. I read of Abraham’s sacrifice the Voice required of him, so that he led to...

I Refuse to Report Bugs to Their Creator by Brayan Salinas  During roll call a black beetle wanders to the sink, near my toothbrush, and I say, “Poor thing, I better let you go.” My father says, “You better smash that thing before it multiplies.” I think he says the same about me. I lie awake...

A New Year.  A fresh start?  This has been a New Year like no other that I can remember.  While some of us have appreciated slowing down, I know others are struggling with isolation, and others, working in key services and understandably exhausted.  Most of us miss seeing our friends and family, even if we are...

Good morning on this cold and grey Friday at the end of a rather cold and grey week. There’s not even any snow to turn the dirty street – briefly – to a pristine white. There are no snowdrops yet on my walk through the park and the fallen leaves have turned to sludge. At this...