A good man and his good wife, pass on goodness through their life.

Well, here we go my good friend;
my daughter reminded me
this morning, of folk who send
the goodness in them, to be

growing into others near
(like a mould or virus grows)
till their own infection's sheer -
-"carriers" in their "Hello"s.

Both you and your wife have been
such a carrier to me,
and mine, as can still be seen,
at times, goodness grows slowly.

I'm glad that God has christened
such a great bloke as he's done:
(a second Adam, kissened
by an Eve he now has won),

but in the courts of power:
"Leader of Humanity" -
his title of the hour
that holds the rest of History.

You've let his methods win you,
his authority of love,
you've let them enter in you
with his wisdom from above!

Thanks for letting me in too,
as much as you've been able,
with all the demands on you
as we live in God's fable!

The night b4 their wedding; David & Michelle.

Hey,
Happy wedding day!
Sleep,
Well, you'll all so weep
Joy,
as a girl & boy.
Graced,
& together carefully placed.
Won,
by the God who makes two one:
Three,
One, mirrored by "he and she",
Then,
maybe it was only when
Child
came along, they fully styled
God,
whose way we're made   for (& shod)!

increased awareness of violence in Dubbo - with significant issues happening in West (where we live)..

God, please help this broken place,
broken people now deface
with broken speech, to disgrace
the broken friendships that trace
bigger breaks with lore & grace.
Help us to help out, not waste.
Amen

After Chris, then Billy..

In the past week (or so), Chris was back from Uni & made a point of visiting for a coffee & chat. He wanted to make good use of the time & we ended up deciding not to just talk about doing things, but to set some time aside to DO something, that we think we're made to do! This wasn't "öut there", so much in this external world God has made (and involved us in its continuing making), but more in the invisible world of thought & communication. So we made space to create; a poem, a song, a picture etc. It was fun, though neither of us finished what we started. The next week before he left, he visited & said how much he'd appreciated actually being helped to use time to create, and how he'd tried to do that with other friends he'd met with in between, to good effect.

So, we had another go.

It was the 18th of the month, so we read Proverbs ch 18 (out loud, alternating proverb by proverb), then told each other the three proverbs that had most interested/ impacted us. Then, choosing the one that least interested/impacted us from those three, we had 5 or ten minutes to make it into a song/dance/chant/ditty/ etc. Then we presented them to each other. I recorded our attempts. It was fun. Gilbert came in & helped us with some harmonies too.

Then the other night at a community meal, I was sitting beside Billy & recalled Chris's comments. Our community calendar has suggested that we read through Matthew ch 5 this month & pick a verse (or more) to memorize, so that we can meditate on it & let it into us in a deeper way... So we read the chapter through & picked a verse or two. We happened to pick the same one; Matthew 5:16 from The Message translation by Eugene Petersen. It goes like this...

14-16 “Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.


I didn't get to present it to Billy that night, so here it is Billy. This is my attempt to put it to a beat, to help get it into me more: God, help us to grow more to be like you, our father in heaven.

Sonja's opportunity, house & neighbours quite lovely:

Thank you our God
for Son'ja's house,
and both children,
neighbours seem grouse!


Thanks for giving 
those neighbours this
Son' and family
with Jesus' peace.


Jesus' spirit
in this one small
family. Grant  it
to take them all


by surprise like
that Trojan horse
when into Troy
it found it's course.


That strategy
brought on their death;
(as does fishing),
this: life and breath.


Though it means doom
to our domain,
our zombie womb;
His life again


lives in humans,
shows out his love,
as a flower bloomin'
(with) life from above.

A dear brother's birthday

Happy birthday dear brother.
Glad to have been
around you for another
year that we've seen
the wisdom from above, or
from God's mind gleaned...

A Daughter travels off..

Go well dear daughter..
Whose you are
is more than us:
One who made you
Then who brought ya
from zombie, to a
child - with us-
When do you
Come home too?

in progress:

Go well dear daughter..
Always remember

Whose you are?/Where from?
And not just “From us”.

I didn't create,
not even make you
though had fun trying
to work along with...

You came from the heart,
the core where LOVE IS,
the heart of the GOD,
and I'm glad you know...!

"KNOW" that kinda WAY
that we know people;
not just the data
but friendship that's true.

Danielle, against hell, in hospital, not feeling well.

Good on you, & in you,
& through you to others,
from the God of goodness
to your sisters/brothers.


Since you are his daughter
in this broken old world
sometimes you should cry out
from the un-love that's hurled


about as though it owns
this place, for it's purpose;
but we know, we've been shown
there's really a surplus


of love coming from El,
even while we wait for
this Earth to be un-helled
-which his lambs won't be late for.


So in the hospital
you are now duly placed,
not as the caring staff,
but your need is not waste


any more than his Man
needing water, or sleep.
God please give to this Dan,
your grace to smile, or weep.

To Mother on birthday..

Happy Birthday dear mother,
in the middle of pain,
you have not let it smother
your life, nor be your bane.

God, give your grace to Beth-Anne
of the Walkers this year,
to walk with her God, & stand
'gainst the enemy here.

Amen.