Thanksgiving: Bishop John V. Taylor

Date added: 29/05/2020

THANKSGIVING: BISHOP JOHN V. TAYLOR

What tears are these that run down cheeks unchecked?

For a burning star in the African sky

   and the Anglican firmament;

For a personal poet of go-between theology;

For a passionate lover of God, of Peggy,

   of art and of Africa;

For his visionary insight into meetings

   of politics, faith and ecology;

For his drawing delight in producing plays

   in Uganda and Winchester;

For his spiritual reflection of our missionary God

   in the face of Jesus Christ.

What tears are these that run down cheeks unchecked?

Tears of joyful anointing and missing mission;

Tears of thanks, for giving to me

   encouraging depth, writing and blessing.

© Graham Kings, Nourishing Connections (Canterbury Press, 2020).

First published on the Spiritual Journeys.