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December 25th, 2006 - Merry Christmas
Cry of a Tiny Babe ~Bruce Cockburn
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph get upset because he doesn’t understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says “God did this and you’re part of his scheme”
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says “forgive me I thought you’d been with some other man”
She says “what if I had been - but I wasn’t anyway and guess what
I felt the baby kick today”
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
‘Cause the governing body of the Holy land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there’s a baby born King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male children under two
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
There are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn’t to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear
It’s a Christmas gift that you don’t have to buy
There’s a future shining in a baby’s eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
August 28th, 2006 - Going West
This blogger is heading to Richmond B.C. for a week of family and friends. Blog posting will be intermittent to non-existent.
See you sometime next week.
May 12th, 2006 - Is The Salvation Army Just Tinkering?
Graeme Smith wonders if the Army has become ineffective in spiritual warfare. He paraphrases William Booth’s famous, “While Women Weep”* thusly:
While women weep, as they do now, I’ll pat them on the shoulder;
while little children go hungry, as they do now, I’ll pay the professionals;
while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll leave it to the chaplains;
while there is a drunkard left,
while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets,
while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll sit in my nice little hall;
and sing to block them out!
A UK Salvationist in Latvia » Tinkering?
*The Original Booth quote:
“While women weep, as they do now, I’ll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now I’ll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight, I’ll fight to the very end!”
March 20th, 2006 - The Roll Call
Found on Army blogs:
- From Armybarmy: Booth on identity, strategy, and tactics; Catherine, for clarity.
- The Vision of SA Tottenham
- Chiefspeak on the retirement of Majors Jim and Molly Shotzberger
- Evelyn Clark on the military metaphor from the heart of a war zone.
- Phil Laeger on the release of the CD “Send the Fire!” (I’ve ordered my copy.)
- Rico’s photos from Pine Lake Camp.
- Lynette jams on Psalms.
- Thoughts on Lent from members of the South Meadows’ congregation.
- Steph on Physics, Astronomy and Tobogganing.
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