Word Live

Word Live is an online bible engagement experience that may include poetry on a particular passage (www.wordlive.co.uk). These are the pieces I have written for them and the verses to which they apply.

Jesus, the bread of life (John 6.25-59 & Exodus 16)

Submitted on 29 Apr 2010

Because I believe,
you are my bread.
You are my food,
my diet of heaven.

You are the manna in my mornings,
the fleeting flakes
that feed me with your life,  read more »

My Father’s House (Luke 2.41-52)

Submitted on 26 Feb 2010

Our father, my father,
I come into your house
like a pauper to a palace
and you receive me with
open doors, open arms,
open heart.
 read more »

You work out everything (Proverbs 16.1-19)

Submitted on 28 Oct 2009

What kind of a king
is this?
I can live in the glow from
the brightening of your face,
I can bathe in your favour like
a rain cloud in spring.

I can sing  read more »

The Scapegoat (Leviticus 16.1-22)

Submitted on 18 Sep 2009

The wilderness calls.
I can hear the flap of its canvas,
feel the drought in its breath,
smell the baked bark of stone  read more »

Hagar (Genesis 16.1-16)

Submitted on 24 Jun 2009

I am an Egyptian
a long way from home,
travelling on an another’s journey,
following their dreams and destiny
with my service.

I am the one  read more »

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