Australia

Article Sections

Contents

  1. New Land
  2. Southern Cross
  3. Jesus of Sky and Sand
  4. Contrasts
  5. Solidarity
  6. Enfold
  7. Outback Bethlehem
  8. Protecting Trinity
  9. Calm and Storm
  10. Freedom and Security
  11. O Holy Spirit, Treasury Sublime
  12. Travel
  13. The Sun's Passion
  14. Merciful Mother
  15. The Bread of Live
  16. Thank You for Creation
  17. Colours
  18. The Church's Year
  19. Cossack
  20. Resurrection
  21. Elements
  22. When the Race is Over
  23. Gain and Loss
  24. Your Love is Easy to See

Calm and Storm

  1. The cruel horizon, pale to deepest blue,
    Quartz unremitting in its glorious gaze
    On us, becalmed, now come to hate the view
    Who pray for breeze to gather clouds from haze:
    No wake nor bow to crimp the sheet of glass,
    The flag hangs limp, without an inch of sail
    We are in death's tranquillity entrapped,
    Unlikely sailors praying for a gale.
  2. The cyclone gathers in the towering East,
    Our gallant vessel barely rides the waves
    But we are strong in unity and hope
    To hold the line, we are not nature's slaves:
    So close to death we grimly fight for life
    And, living so, we have no fear of death
    Not frightened to be carried overboard
    To greet Our Saviour with our dying breath.
  3. A gentle breeze is blowing from the South,
    A speck of lighthouse breaks the lateral reign;
    We offer thanks for safety and our homes
    But know that we will venture forth again:
    We meet our God in tangled human form,
    In structured enterprise and loyalty
    But we most feel His presence in the storm
    That ploughs the water of the tranquil sea.