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His journey was one of life and death and resurrection.
His light continues to shine in darkness.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
who inspires the scriptures
and whose breath we breathe.
We believe that God calls us to be a community,
committed to one another
offering a welcome to everyone
old and young
rich and poor
strong and weak.
We believe that God calls us to be peacemakers
workers for justice
brothers and sisters
a light for our world. Amen
Written by two fourteen-year-old boys at a worship workshop on Iona
Searching
Not in the sky
the stars
Not in the fingers of frost
or a leaf
or a sunbeam
Not in all their beauty
and beauty it surely is
can I ever prove you, God.
In a friend’s smile
a child’s laugh
an old man’s tears
I get nearer
but never near enough.
Ah God,
can I ever know –
