The Worth of my Life
Is my life worth nothing?That you crush it underfoot like a farmer does a pest weevil?You treat your dogs like beloved children.But me you dishonour as one with no life inherent. Ideas and ideations your kind hold in high esteem.But the thought of me repulses you to the moon and back.You hold the sway over …...
What to do with holiness
What do I do with Holiness?
How does a mere mortal contemplate holiness?
How does one respond to holiness?
As a worm trying to gaze upon the mighty sun?
I Cannot Breathe (A lament for George Floyd)
Strip me of this accursed Black skin, I want to live in peace!
I watched this video with emotions I can’t describe.
But, America why? England, why?
Keep Jesus on the cross
May we keep Jesus on the cross
On the cross for just a little longer.
To contemplate his marred body
The gruesomeness of our sins.
May we keep Jesus on the cross
Looking upon whom we pierced
Sitting at the Oratory
Sitting still at the Oratory
No words spoken.
No words needed.
Sitting still
Awashed by the silence in the Oratory
Awed by the art of the Oratory.
Death I don’t like you
And as the day advanced and the engine drivers and stokers refused to return to London
A place of refuge
Psalm 91 and John 10:1-18.A sermon preached by Oyinlade Oladipo at Ascension church, CustomHouse, London. In Psalm 91, God is a place of refuge.In John 10, Jesus is the door to the sheep and in Him we find pasture.For the purpose of this sermon, I’ll focus on Psalm 91 andreference/land on John 10. Do you …...
Jesus, the bread of life!
Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me shall not hunger,
and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.