At Hopeful Imagination Today

Today’s post is at hopeful imagination, on Isaiah, Haiku and Son of Star Wars.

But I can’t resist the prose poem by R S Thomas.

It points to the necessary humility and respectfulness of others that,

for those who claim a call to ministry,

are presuppositions of vocational integrity.

‘The holiness of the heart’s affections’. Never

tamper with them. In an age of science everything

is analysable but a tear. Everywhere he went,

despite his round collar and his licence, he was

there to learn rather than teach love. In the sim

plest of homes there were those who with little

schooling and less college had come out top in that

sweet examination.

An entire pastoral curriculum in around 50 words!