This is my body...

[A worm's eye view of grass?]

The photograph above has absolutely nothing whatever to do with this piece but I share it with you anyway. I took it thinking it might come in useful some time as a powerpoint background.

The other thing I want to share is prompted by recent debates in the Church of Scotland General Assembly. I don't want to say anything about the debates themselves but it reminded me of a short poem I wrote many, many years ago when I was a teenager.

This is my body

This is my body

That you break in two

By ignoring the one

In the neighbouring pew

This is my blood

That you spill down the drain

When you fight with each other

For personal gain

And each point of doctrine

You score here and now

Was a nail in my palm

Or a thorn in my brow

Each argument won

Is a brother lost 

So the principle’s saved

No matter the cost

This is my body

My hands and my feet

If only you’d bend

Perhaps they would meet

© Iain D. Cunningham