General (Vol. 1)

Article Sections

Contents

  1. The Drama of Life
  2. River of Baptising Water
  3. Faith, Hope and Love
  4. God's Earth
  5. Nicodemus
  6. Wedding
  7. Relationships
  8. Mothers
  9. Forgiveness
  10. Testaments
  11. The Bethanies
  12. Retrenchment
  13. Donkeys
  14. Learning
  15. Catastrophe
  16. Mercy
  17. Shepherd
  18. The Trinity and its Virtues
  19. Lamb and Shepherd
  20. Peter's Burden
  21. Grandmother
  22. Confirmation
  23. The Way, The Truth and The Life
  24. Puzzles
  25. Comfort
  26. Bethlehem's Legacy
  27. The Church on Earth
  28. Mary's Pentecost
  29. Prayer
  30. Always
  31. Power
  32. Trinity
  33. Responsibility
  34. Strength
  35. Everyone Can Call Upon Jesus
  36. Unity
  37. Jesu of the Desert
  38. Judgment
  39. Sacrifice
  40. Pressure
  41. God in Us
  42. Vocation
  43. Commitment
  44. Jesus of All the Ages
  45. The Spiral
  46. Commendations
  47. Retreat
  48. Lamb, Child, Servant, Shepherd, Priest
  49. The Path
  50. For Victims of Human Failure

Nicodemus

  1. 1. The night was dark, the moon was bright,
    A muffled figure hurried on
    Towards his secret meeting with
    The latest wandering holy man.
    Most of them were just nuisances
    Of very primitive design
    But there was trouble in a man
    Who, rumour said, turned water into wine.

  2. Their talk went far into the night,
    More complex than the things he taught,
    Pushing beyond the boundaries
    Of all the sacred texts he brought.
    The Messiah this man proclaimed
    Would have no earthly power or wealth
    But Nicodemus stormed out when
    He said Messiah was Himself.

  3. The night was dark, the thunder rolled,
    A muffled figure hurried on
    Furtively carrying a corpse,
    Frantically pushing at a stone.
    The guilt, like early toothache, bit
    When soldiers brought the prisoner in;
    Now at this gloomy Passover
    He felt the ceaseless pull of sin.

  4. We pray that Nicodemus saw
    The Godhead in Your dying face
    And felt the sorrow for us all
    Enfolded in Your sad embrace;
    But where he lived in fear and doubt
    Somewhere between pride and disgrace,
    The fact of Resurrection is
    Our promise of redeeming Grace.