ON CWL, September 1998

How can they not see what I know
So well, and clearly can state,
The way forward? How can they
Always close the doors which have
Before been opened for them?
Is it presumptuous to want to
Release them from those bindings
Which restrain their thoughts and
Ideas from flowing into newness?
We daily ask our Holy Spirit
To inspire our suggestions, but
Close our ears to his urging
To hear the word of Christ which
Itself tells us what to do. I made
Us ambassadors of Christ’s new
Creation, going on to the unknown
But not uncertain future, for if Christ
Is for us, who can be against us?
I mourn for this great, once great
Group, which somehow has lost its way.
So many friends it has brought me and others,
A network still to reach great heights.
Be with it, Lord. A fool calls you to send
Your mighty hand to touch us all and make
Us listen to your will for us, as we are trapped
In unbending structures of our own making.

JEB

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