Showing posts with label I Peter 2:4-8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Peter 2:4-8. Show all posts

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Building his house


After I Peter 2:4-8
 

The builder is constructing

his house, laid upon

the cornerstone, the foundation

upon which all settles, all

depends, all has meaning,

for without it, nothing lasts,

nothing survives. This house,

because the cornerstone is

living, is constructed with

living stones, stones rejected

and abused and derided

by the world, but placed

upon the foundation,

to build the house of God.

 

Photograph by Dakota Roos via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Sunday Readings

 

Solstice Poem – Angela Alaimo O’Donnell at Rabbit Room Poetry.

 

Sensing Magic and Mystery: Countdown – poem by Joy Lenton at Poetry Joy.

 

Be Still and Know – poem by Peter Venable at Society of Classical Poets.

 

O Oriens: A fifth Advent reflection with music – Malcom Guite.

 

Thursday, December 19, 2024

A living stone


After I Peter 2:4-8

We come to him,

rejected by the world

but chosen and 

precious. He calls us

living stones,

memorials, signposts,

markers, temples,

a spiritual house,

a holy priesthood

offering spiritual

sacrifices, resting

upon the cornerstone

sacrificed for us.

Our lives become

an act of worship.

 

Photograph by Ardhy Sapanca via Unsplash. Used with permission.