Tag Archives: Jesus

Light a Star to Guide Us

Posted on December 27, 2019 by hernibs

Sometimes I wonder why you seemed to take so long to send a saviour to our earth when things had gone so wrong. So many years of killing, of terror for the young, hatred and destruction, so little hope … Continue reading →

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Labelled Boxes

Posted on April 19, 2019 by hernibs

Boxes… labelled boxes, Conservative, Liberal, American, Jew, Baptist, Aries, middle class, Irish, poet, rich, poor, white, green … we huddle together in the box we are most comfortable in because we are the same, we belong. It is comfortable and … Continue reading →

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Interview With the Grandmother of Jesus

Posted on December 22, 2017 by hernibs

We still celebrate my grandson’s birthday. It was so hard to watch our daughter lose her son. It was hard to lose our grandson too. We really miss him and often when Mary and I get together for tea, we … Continue reading →

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Because of Christmas We Have Easter

Posted on April 17, 2017 by hernibs

Borrowed manger Borrowed tomb part of the plan an upper room. Born to die like you and I, enduring shame and untold pain He lived, He died But rose again. Between these stories living proof nothing can destroy the Truth. … Continue reading →

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I Saw Him

Posted on April 15, 2017 by hernibs

I heard there was a man passing through our town. They say He healed the sick and lame but I was taking curtains down, I did not see him. I heard people running, passed right by my door, but I … Continue reading →

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Interview With A Shepherd

Posted on December 24, 2016 by hernibs

I was on the night shift that night. The sheep were all asleep, the guys and I were dozing. “What’s that?” I heard something in the darkness. “Shh, it’s just the gravel pit” someone answered. I listened, it didn’t sound … Continue reading →

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Had We Been On That Hill Side

Posted on June 17, 2016 by hernibs

Had we been on that hill-side that day of long ago when crowds of hungry families were wondering where to go, we’d strike up a committee, a floor and colour plan, we’d decorate, delegate and organize each man. One would … Continue reading →

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Boxes

Posted on April 5, 2015 by hernibs

Boxes… little boxes, Social Credit, Liberal, Baptist, Aries, Winter, Melancholy, Irish, poet, rich, white, professional. . . we huddle together in the box we are most comfortable in because we are the same, we belong. It is comfortable and safe. … Continue reading →

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Christmas Monologue – Mary’s Mother

Posted on December 25, 2014 by hernibs

I’m glad you got to meet my daughter Mary, and her husband Joseph because if you hadn’t met them first, you would never be able to understand my story. Mary was our youngest daughter and when she was a baby, … Continue reading →

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Christmas Monologue 2 – Mary

Posted on December 24, 2014 by hernibs

Babies. Don’t you love them. I’ve often wondered how a tiny baby could have been the Son of God. If His miraculous conception hadn’t happened, I would have doubted more. How humiliating for the God of the universe to be … Continue reading →

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