There are many conversations happen at the Chapel Door. This reflection, which you are welcome to use, is based on a few conversations in the last few days.

It’s hard to believe

God looks down on Haiti

With the same love;

Hurricane’s come and go,

And the twenty-four seven news moves on:

Remember children in Haiti.

It’s hard to believe

God looks down on Aleppo

With the same love;

Bombs come crashing down,

And the twenty-four seven news moves on:

Remember children in Aleppo.

It’s hard to believe

God looks down on Bradford

With the same love;

When bullying gets you down

And the twenty-four seven news moves on:

Remember children in Bradford.

It’s hard to believe.

Is God looking down?

Or is God in Haiti now,

Shoveling through mud,

Or in Aleppo now,

Digging through rubble,

Or in Bradford now,

Standing up to bullying.

Because if it’s hard to believe

The best thing you can do,

Is to do the unbelievable:

We take a stand with Haiti, Aleppo and Bradford.

 My God,

at time you’re hard to believe in,

when hell comes closest

and hope seems to trickle into the ground.

At times like this,

May the smallest spark of love,

Seen in the out stretched hand,

Keep us alive to your presence in us all,

And may that give us the will to believe.