In silence groans caught up in prayer
we plead for those we love
not from the joyless stance of Judas
returning to consciousness
after betraying his deepest self
but from an open-heart
broken and gifted
able to question and wonder
hopeful in uncertainty
free to wrestle for crumbs for all
under the table of mercy
to receive love’s offering
even here and now
from the Giver of faith
the One who cannot turn away
from healing us who are
on the edge of belonging
Not Yet Tears Of Joy
It’s been six weeks since the Way Forward was adopted at the National Synod. As someone who has been an advocate for the ordination of women for decades and who has listened to the pain and suffering of those who have been called by God but rejected by the LCANZ, I...