About what the good news actualy is

It is that God is not fierce or fearful.

God is like a warm, comforting fire,

inviting us to come,

take off our shoes,

warm our hands and hearts,

cast off our fears

and be comforted, comfortable,

secure and at peace;

forever in the presence

of endless love,

a fire which will

never go out.

God thoughts

We live within the pulse of Your being.

Your being is an infinite pool

of knowing and being known,

of loving and being loved,

and of giving and receiving.

We are afloat on the life-raft
of your love.

Dear God, help me to walk
in holiness and humility
all the days of my life.

The yeast of bread and life

Yeast is to flour and water, 

that which transforms it 

from a lumpy, doughy, sticky mess 

into bread 

which is the staff and stuff of life.

And so is love to us.

About the protection of God's goodness

God's goodness is stronger than any badness,
and we can pull it, like a blanket, around ourselves, 
to keep out the cold of the hatred and horror 
which may surround us.

Thoughts on God

God is the origin and source of all goodness.

God, each of us is a part of your whole.

Help ME to disappear.

We human beings have within ourselves
the impulse of creativity.

We are held in existence
in the mind and heart of God.

We are wrapped in the blanket of your love.

What God wants is for each of us
to be born from and through love
and to be cradled and nurtured in love.

About failure

Maybe we only come to God through the gateway of failure,
the acknowledgement of the impossibility 
of 'getting things right' by ourselves;
learning to live with the dynamics
of the messiness of our lives.

About the shortfalls of love

No matter how much we love someone, 
that love will always fall short and can never be perfect.
Only God can make up that shortfall - 
and does, if we but avail ourselves of it.