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No Sparrow Falls [a poem]

Posted On August 5, 2023

No sparrow falls,nor molecule decayswithout you reaching out your hand.No tear cascades,no memory aches, or fadeswithout you conscious of it allNo last breath is drawn,no… Read More →


My Words Fall in the Gap [a poem]

Posted On July 1, 2023

My words, they fall in the gapbetween your heart and minethey slip through the holebetween the kingdom that isand the kingdom that comes,they fall like… Read More →


Beauty

Posted On June 3, 2023

May my eyes be openedto see the fragile God of beautyin whose image you have been made;may my eyes be openedto see Christ in you… Read More →


Beyond the Broken [a poem]

Posted On May 6, 2023

I must admit I am afraid to love youbecause you are broken. I refuse to see you there in the street,lying in the stench of… Read More →


Musings on Generosity

Posted On April 25, 2023

“Yahaa koi sunwahi nahi ho rahi. Please, tumhe aana hoga” (Nobody is listening here. Please, you’ve got to come) It was an important decision. Aliya*,… Read More →


Ella* Reflects

Posted On April 13, 2023

A drawing with stick figures, some inside a house, some outside. This is the picture Ella drew as she prayed.

(Klik disini untuk baca dalam Bahasa Indonesia) It has been nine months since I started my internship here, and there are many things that I am… Read More →


Words Can Be Walls [a poem]

Posted On April 1, 2023

A party, loud music, a few drinks, and a superficial conversation with a dear friend. Yet in both of us there’s this longing to connect… Read More →


Poised Between Two Choices [a poem]

Posted On March 4, 2023

here I standladen with your giftsfor you have given meevery good and needful thingthat I might live for you. here I standthe world beneath my… Read More →


Street Believers: New Life for Street Dwellers

Posted On February 25, 2023

From Patrick in Manila Since November 2021 I have been part of a homelessness ministry named ” Street Believers “. Our mission works toward establishing… Read More →


A Body Out of Shape [a poem]

Posted On February 11, 2023

Lord it seems to meyour body is all out of shapeand the world stares aghastat this malformed oafdenouncing so muchwith its huge lipsobscuring the heart…. Read More →


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