I SIT HERE IN THE DUST
I sit here in the dust, with ragged clothes, drinking in the vast blue heavens, spying the circling vultures, sitting on this plastic container that Mum walks miles to fill each day, rising first at 3 a.m. to walk the distance and join the queue and bear it back on her head, where her hair is disappearing after years of such lugging. Then, later, off again she goes and returns, goes and returns......
I have a dream though, a simple one, a far fetched one....but you have to be able to dream.
I have a dream about having stand pipes, in the village, one near to our home, where clean, fresh water would bubble forth, keeping us healthy, keeping the livestock alive, allowing us to grow crops, transforming our lives.
What a world of luxury that would be. A heaven. A paradise. But, it's only a dream, and Mum's off again to walk the miles and bring back the stale water....and I hope a goat carcass isn't floating in the open well this time....
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I have a dream though, a simple one, a far fetched one....but you have to be able to dream.
I have a dream about having stand pipes, in the village, one near to our home, where clean, fresh water would bubble forth, keeping us healthy, keeping the livestock alive, allowing us to grow crops, transforming our lives.
What a world of luxury that would be. A heaven. A paradise. But, it's only a dream, and Mum's off again to walk the miles and bring back the stale water....and I hope a goat carcass isn't floating in the open well this time....
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I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 3:22 PM
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