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Continue reading →: The Room
I was asked to give a talk on the value of creativity recently. I finished it with this poem. May we all take up the room! THE ROOM we stand here on the edge of a room this room, our lives we observe the players moving across the floor admire…
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Continue reading →: The BeatitudesHeya, This is a poem I wrote recently as I reflected on the Beatitudes as found in Matthew 4:23-5:12. I hope these words wrap you in encouragement wherever you are. Miriam Jessie x it is a strange invitation divine and dusty a call to be biggest most invested brightest…
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Continue reading →: The Mother Heart of God
It can feel like a slippery fish to start using the term mother for ‘Abba’ God. Yet I am reminded today that the mother heart has its source in the same place as the father heart. Our words are so limited. Today I am reflecting on the joy and beauty…
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Continue reading →: Resurrection Sunday
It is the day for earthquakes that remove stones that contained the dead It is the day to hear the words Why look for the living among the dead? The day when angels speak and mortals quake in silence shedding their mortality unlocked and free It is…
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Continue reading →: Holy WeekThese are my current musings as I journey Easter-ward. May it bless you, may you find yourself accompanied on the way toward the narrative of difficulty, death, vigil and resurrection. May you have courage at every part of the journey to wait, to see, to understand and to continue on.…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Prayer
Hey Lovelies, I spoke at our church Advent service on Sunday night and I closed with this prayer. May it be a prayer for you this season too. May we each of us be carried with care and love through this season. x God we stand at the edge of…
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Continue reading →: The Table of Hope
This past week been I was asked to lead communion. During the week I decided I would write a poem… As I wrote I looked at this moving piece of art by Joey Velasco. Writing is a re-emerging creative place for me, something that is shifting in its style and…
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Continue reading →: Me… and stuffSo, A lovely blogger called Meg interviewed me… You can read some more about me here. Miriam Fisher all the love and some chocolate fish miriam x
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I’m Miriam Jessie
Nau mai, haere mai (welcome) from Aotearoa/ New Zealand. I’m an educator, theologian, poet, textile artist, extrovert and lover of the Church. This is a space primarily for Christian poetry and blessing but also reflection. Want to use my work or know more? Please check in via a comment or email.
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