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.

The footfall of faith (1 Corinthians 10.23-11.1)

To live
for the glory of God,
to know the freedom
of surfing the Spirit,
of welcoming wonder,
of embracing the day

is not just to top up  read more »

The wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1 & 2)

What is
the wisdom of God?

What is
the deep voice of Spirit
that was hidden for us
before time began?

It is not
the wisdom of man  read more »

Jesus, the branch of Jesse (Isaiah 11.1-3a)

Before you came,
before we knew you,
what did we expect?

A son of David,
a title that rings of
kingship and wisdom now
but then had become  read more »

You came (Matthew 25.1-13)

You came
and I didn’t expect you then,
you needed me
and I wasn’t ready,
you’d invited me in
and I had to turn away,
you’d told me what to bring  read more »

I am not myself (Colossians 3.1)

I am not myself,
I am Christ raised on high.
I am not who I was
when I stumbled on sin and lost my way,
when guilt or fear kept
a close watch through the night,  read more »