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Wonder and Awe

by David Alexander on September 19, 2008

One of the resources that I am constantly looking for is liturgy/poetry/prayers that I might share in worship. I have several books that I really like including Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth by Walter Brueggemann which I highly recommend. I have also found a few blogs including one called [hold :: this space]. It [...]

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Seven Stanzas at Easter

by David Alexander on March 28, 2008

By John Updike
Make no mistake: if He rose at all
it was as His body;
if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules
reknit, the amino acids rekindle,
the Church will fall.
It was not as the flowers,
each soft Spring recurrent;
it was not as His Spirit in the mouths and fuddled
eyes of the eleven apostles;
it was as His Flesh: [...]

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