community poems

these will be posted in the forums for people to read and comment on. also, linda fletcher has expressed an interest in putting these to music so we might be singing these songs on some future worship service...cool.

anyhow, here are the two poems that we composed as a community:

The Cross at Sunset
How did the sky look to You, the night You hung on the cross carrying my sin?
The cross' shadow reaches farthest as the light draws to a close.
See the glow of the setting sun radiate around the cross:
"Lord, I'm moving toward Your cross and I often take too many side trips."

I see you at a distance, yet you take my breath away.
I enter the comfort of
the dark.
Suddenly, a calmness swept through my body.

Like the sun, we are continually falling and continually rising
Oh, beautious cross, my strength and my salvation
you are with us when we fall. We'll see you again the next time that we rise.

with a promise to rise again...



GOD
God-must have a good sense of humour, after all, He created man.
How to begin to capture God in a single sentence? Whole books & entire religions have not pinned down the mystery.
The big shabang-the whole deal-The G force-the king maker-the deal breaker-and the limits to space, time, matter, and all that we don't even understand!
In life there is no finer word than God, our all in all.

O God of all the People-of all the lands & Space & Stars and of all the creations within nature, Please walk with me-small and humble, though, I be.
You are too deep and wide, yet You live with me.

You see me when no one else does, You know everything about me and yet You still call me "Beloved".
God-my comfort and my strength when ever I call You I feel You there.
longing to be home with You...
water filling every cup, the wind in every sail, The soil at every root.

Images of clouds and light appear, but I know that's not it. I think deeper...deep to the colour of the yellow warmth You put in my heart, the red of the blood You shed for me, the rainbow of creation. And then black and white. three words: 'You', 'Me', and 'Everyone'.

psalms & souls: an evening of community poetry

one of the most profound sections in scripture is the book of psalms.

within the 150 poems the human experience is poured out and laid bare before god and other humans.

triumph, betrayal, rage, sorrow, joy, despair, hope, anguish, and other emotions and situations are presented for all to see, judge, relate to and admonish.

at immersn

we believe we follow a GOD who hears our pain,

we believe we follow a GOD who laughs with us,

we believe we follow a GOD who dances alongside us

we believe we follow a GOD who cries within us

we believe we follow a GOD who honours our life.

with that in mind we will gather, as a community, and create, as a community, poems to the LORD.

poems of celebration, poems of anger, poems of frustration, poems of joy.

whatever the poems will look like we will only allow three restrictions:

they must be honest

they must be to GOD

they must be created by each of us together

we will pray, listen to music, look at some images for inspiration.

then we will create together as children of the CREATOR.

let us mark each others' souls with words from our hearts.

psalms and souls: an evening of community poetry.

7pm....come.

art and soul (part 1)

peanut butter and chocolate.

two things that sound like they do not belong together until some genius decided they did.

we are going to do something similar (though nowhere near as financially lucrative!)

we are combining prayer and painting

immersn artist victoria pearce will be leading the community through an art-worship service for the next two weeks

we will gather, pray, and then...paint.

no talent is required. just grubby clothes, a love of God, and opposable thumbs (y'know, to hold the brushes)

this is going to be one fun night with a very talented local artist who knows a thing or two about the Spirit as well.

happy painting!!

here is a video of someone with talent...but let this inspire and not prevent you from coming!!