This collection is
in the tradition of the Psalms, full of passion, rejoicing in the
goodness of God and Creation, and yet also raging against the ills of
Creation and the God that seems to stand by and let it happen. This
is a really rich and powerful collection.
Of these latter day
psalms I find that many of those I have tabbed for future reference
reflect on the challenge of capturing ideas about God within our
language, for example here is an extract of one;
... Your beauty is
beyond our power
to express. It draws
us; we respond.
We never grasp it,
reduce it
successfully to
words. And we never stop
trying...
There is a powerful
connection between age old ideas and modern cadences, as an example;
… My gratitude
mixes itself
with the guilt of a
survivor. I wonder
if I am one of those
rich that Amos
denounced for
battening off the poor.
I suppose I am. How
does anyone
live in the tangle
of our times
without being a part
of the web
of unequal exchange?
And from another
one;
… Your Spirit is
well-named, as busy
and untiring as the
wind, as close to us
as our breath; and
we never know
if the initiative is
hers or ours.
Perhaps it is both.
Even she
cannot play violin
on a drum.
She plays the
instrument she finds.
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