‘…Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart…’ Proverbs 3: 3
The Rock
Writing Group
Hosted by Kay and Patrick Gillen
Writing Group
Patrick and I host a writing group one Saturday evening a month. We write on various topics and explore different literary techniques and styles. It is a close-knit group and we have a lot of fun together. We'd be pleased to welcome some new members.
Kay and patrick Gillen
Irrepressible spring
Irrepressible spring in joyous defiance of death and decay gently unfurls itself in
cherry and magnolia blossoms calling attention to our creator
who is as refreshing as the morning dew as compassionate as a nursing cat
as joyous as a sudden spurt
of Canada geese climbing the airwaves as generous as a rhododendron bursting forth in glorious colour
as faithful as the tide ever returning
inspiring us to turn our attention
away from grim news
toward the pure the good and the lovely.
Kay Gillen
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Just Like Us
Some say with disgust
that woman is an addict.
Others say with compassion
that addict is a woman
and there but for
the grace of God go I.
Just like us
she was wonderfully and fearfully
formed by the hands of God
with great tenderness and passion,
a perfect act of poetry.
Just like us God dreamed dreams for her,
dreams of her becoming
a sister, a mother, a friend,
a talented artist,
dreams he continues to dream.
Just like us
somewhere along her journey
she stepped off the path
into deep darkness,
a darkness that Christ has overcome
and he will relentlessly pursue
her until she comes home.
Will we join him in that pursuit?
Kay Gillen
Kairos time
There is a time to do and a time to be
A time to rebel and a time to submit
A time to kick against the pricks
and a time to pull out the thorns of our rebellion
A time for singing and a time for silence
A time for gathering together and a time for solitude
A time for embracing what is
and a time for working for change
A time for walking with another
and a time for leaving the other alone
to walk with their God.
In this surreal time that none of us has ever known before, we ask ourselves the question,
is this a time to do or a time to be
and in this Cronos chaos
are there sacred Kairos moments that we can cling to? Kay Gillen
Words to sustain the weary
Several years ago, during a very difficult time, I felt God calling me to "learn the words that sustain the weary" (Is.50:4). Eventually these words found their way onto paper in the forms of poetry and theological reflections. I began submitting them to my church newsletter and continue to do so.
Then 5 years ago some friends assisted me in self-publishing a book of poetry called Joy in the Mourning which is a memoir of about 20 years of my life. I'm gradually collecting more poems, hoping to publish another poetry book one day. Here is one of the poems from my book:
Kay Gillen
Like Thomas
Like Thomas, we too long to touch the invisible
to make him divisible once again
into skin, eyes, mouth and hands.
We are not content with the merely mystical,
Spirit being far too ethereal for us,
too slippery to hold in our grasp.
Like a child afraid of the dark,
we cry out for someone with skin on
who can comfort us as truly as a mother.
Kay Gillen
The body of Christ is God with skin on.