Virtual Methodist

This was prompted by us hosting an open meeting of silent worship led by the South Belfast Society of Friends last Wednesday night, and I had hoped to post it yesteday, since it was national poetry day... But I was prevented by a hectic timetable and internet problems... But better late than never... Meeting for worship and prayer with Friends Silently sitting in a prayer room, A cell or silo, cut through with a single window Through which, at the right angle One can see the world go by One can see the world go buy Silence suffused by the constant rumble of traffic Pierced by a wailing alarm crying wolf And punctuated by prompted words Through which, in the right light One can see a wider world One can see a wiser world Worship is not a matter of words and music And prayer is not retreat from the world But an active interweaving of heaven and earth Through which, in the right time One can see another world One can see in another world ...