ANOTHER DAY

It is a time of quieting.

Lazily a gull glides the shoreline;
Far off, the Bornholm ferry sinks
As does the sun to its horizon,
While blues turn opal green,
Then redden in the dying
Embers of a Swedish day.

The gentlest sounds of
Tired children, bidding goodnight
And sharing story times
Of trolls and monsters,
Echo the rhythmic falling
Of the waves across the bay.

The smell of sizzling meat
Mingles with the cool
Touch of lager spiced with
The scent of dune grass and
marinaded in the evening air.
With every sense, for sure,

It is a time of grateful quieting.



July 19th 2014

LOVED BEYOND LOVE

Yesterday we attended the wedding of two people who have found each other in what might loosely be called the second half of life.... and it evoked this prayer of blessing:



You have travelled
Your several ways
On distant roads,
Over many years.
You have crossed raging rivers,
Climbed peaks of exhilaration
And plumbed valleys of despair:

Now in His graciousness God
Has given you each other!

So may you today
Journey on together
Over many years more -
Each the other’s compass,
Pilgrims on the venture,
Companions on the way,

And may you find
And know
And celebrate
The One who walks
Behind, before,
And with you,

Holding you both
In everlasting love.


Edgar Ruddock
6th July 2014