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“The people who walked in darkness …
… have seen a great light.” Isaiah 9:2 [Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] When darkness grips and happiness slips a Word of light guides in the...
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In the Forest of Ardenne
In the Forest of Ardenne we are a multitude who hide from different kings and things for differing reasons. Some have found God and take holy penance...
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Dread December.
I can sense dread December about to roll in, and you can too I suspect. In rolling in it will obnubilate the soft November memories that I’m...
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Essential.
I thought it would be easy, I had written it down as one of the things on my to do list. But when I got to that on my list, it wasn’t in the first...
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Lily (Chapter Six)
Eli followed Keeper through the night. The woods seemed to shift around them. He had lived in these hills his whole life, but he didn't recognize...
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The Waiting Room
The vertical blinds tapped against the open window, casting striped patterns on the floor that sharpened and faded with the passing cloud. Lizzie...
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Female. Human. Accident
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My mind is a barrel of snatched blurbs, tweets, quotes Addled fear of a trans future where nothing is safe, women are lost, dismembered body parts...
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Singing In My Hometown
Singing In My Hometown By Paul McCann Belfast city centre was blocked to traffic so I left the car around the University area and took a walk into...
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The Leaf Blower - Part 4
On the bathroom shelf, a shabby box of Shobna’s migraine pills caught his eye, the blister pack had slid halfway out and there were only a couple of...
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Inca Ice and Lupins
How do you do? I’m in Peru!
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On Self
A long time ago In an old leather bound book I found a quote by Socrates "Know thyself". It felt like an answer, A goal, something to live by, So I...
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Christ in Everything
Christ in Everything Every good thing. Our breath of life. Living waters. Bread from heaven. The word became flesh. The healer of our bodies, soul,...
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When Autumn Falls
When Autumn Falls The dying season, autumn breeze, falls quietly In September, nature’s beauty turns the page Leaves fade and turn into warm embers:...
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S M O O T H.
S M O O T H. If only life was. Life is Up. Down. Curved ball. U-Turn. Backtracked. Glimpses of hope. Expectations. A punch in the gut! Mountains...
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November Night
Cycling along in the heart of the 'Deen, returning back home from Books and Beans, Through the main street, the wind a'blowing, my thoughts are full...
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"Art of Trouble" 7
Thomas rounded the bend heading to the bottom of the exit road at a troubling speed and with way too much wobble from the deflated back tire, but...
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Nor Any Drop to Drink
The final fifteen days of Bulgaria’s October fun.
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Being Seen As A Busker In London
Being Seen As A Busker In London By Paul McCann Arriving in London with a dream in my pocket and a collection of original songs in my overnight bag...
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on Dreams
Huxley talks about the doors of perception Something closed that can be opened Dreams are manifest as elements of story A dream narrative that ebbs...
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Universal Ellipses
Universal Ellipses: Opening suite, to the departure. Hello, eternity? We’ve got a glimpse into. Your vase, Hyperspace, dust, and echoes. Ghost of...
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