Christian Poetry and Spoken Word Media for Churches and Faith

Mother's Heart

08.05.2022 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Hear my mother’s heart
Manawa, pulse
The heartbeat you hear
connecting you to the centre.

The heartbeat you heard
before you were reborn
to new life,
The heartbeat you heard
knowing you are home
knowing you are fearfully
and wonderfully made,
The heartbeat you felt
in the intimate depths
in the womb of my love,
The heartbeat you know
secures your future
Entrusts you
with a hope
for your soul
that will echo
forever
into your life.

Starting Thoughts:
God's mother heart. A special Mothers' Day poem - spoken word about the love of God as a mother and the heartbeat that resonates with us.
Poem Topic Tags: #connections, #events, #future, #heart, #heartbeat, #hope, #life, #made, #mother, #security, #soul, #trust,
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End

19.01.2022 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Expanding universes dissipate
into cold empty space
life ceases
losing time's knowledge,
Left only are
all moments within itself
God - before, now and after
Ever young, ever ancient
beyond the ages
beyond filling the universe…
God is.

Starting Thoughts:
God exists in what we know and beyond what we know: space, time, creation, nothing, light, emotions, humanity… omnipresent
Poem Topic Tags: #ancient, #creation, #existence, #old #omnipresence, #presence, #space, #time, #timeless, #universe, #young,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christ, #christian, #church, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife

The Presence of Christ

29.05.2021 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Christ with me
before me
behind me,
Christ in me
beneath me
above me,
Christ on my left
on my right
on my mind,
Christ where I lie
where I sit
where I arise,
Christ before time
Christ beyond time
Christ embedded in time.

Christ in the laughter of a child
Christ in the roar of the waves

Christ the light in my eyes
Christ in every eye that sees me

Christ in the depths of my heart
Christ in every heart that meets me

Christ in the words I breathe
Christ in the words I hear

Christ is truth
Christ is Hope
Christ is Salvation

Christ’s story
Christ’s love
infinity forever with us.

With thanks to Saint Patrick 500AD, Ireland

Starting Thoughts:
The infinity of God in: space, time, creation, nothing, light, emotions, humanity… omnipresent
Poem Topic Tags: #closeness, #everywhere, #heart, #hope, #infinity, #laughter, #light, #love, #omnipresence, #presence, #time, #truth
Posting Tags: #artist, #creativewriting, #edapp, #edchat, #edtech, #elearning, #GlobalEd, #god, #instawrite, #jesus, #lrnchat, #mlearning, #poems, #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #poetryisnotdead, #poetsofinstagram, #schools, #spilledink, #spokenword, #teaching, #TT, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife

99% Nothing

08.03.2020 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Three in one danced
Cosmic powers that
Spun eternal belonging
And from that community
From that communication
From that fellowship
From that love
the word spoke,
From nothing
Atoms of 99% space
arranged themselves
Galaxies composed themselves
Earth formed
And the godhead
saw it was good,

The word spoke
in power again
and then from matter
Atoms, nuclei and electrons
was formed a living
99% nothing:
65% water
65% oxygen
18% carbon
16% protein
16% fat

100% loved
100% belonging
welcomed home
to Father, Son and Spirit.

Starting Thoughts: The power of the Word that spoke and from nothing created the universe that is still essentially nothing. And humans, composed of the same atoms are also 99% nothing but we are alive and thinking about the cosmos we live in. I find it amazing that essentially space and us are so similar - nothing. Yet, go figure - God says we are worth dying for, celebrating in His creation.
Poem Topic Tags: #belonging, #creation, #galaxies, #godhead, #love, #power, #science, #space, #universes, #word
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #jesus #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Creation and the science of nothing Christian Spoken Word Poem

Finally

20.10.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Tangled lines
chatter bustle
snarled mix
traffic rage hustle
had disorientated my mind
city craziness,
In the midst
a bird called
perched
four floors up,
perched
above one reality,
Finally,
I got the message
and the world suspended
upside down
in crazy tilts,
a frozen
life moment
and I lived
in a new
now moment
Seeing green trees
blue sky
life,
Feeling warm breezes
flower scents
me.

Starting Thoughts: Waking up to a reality inside a reality can be triggered by very small things; a smell, a sound, a feeling. And then the small moments can speak louder than the hustle of a city.
Poem Topic Tags: #hope, #meditation, #moments-in-time, #sounds, #surprises, #creation, #busy
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

At War

06.10.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

God has seen it all
seasons of reason
and unseasonable,
Death to life
he made the way
to know new love, rebirth
new life.
I am therefore a new creation -
that will never change.

And yet a war
battles within
urges and sugar
addictions and choices
habits and mind games
Ego is hardened
to self and others
Wars sown into the future.

And God calls,
Live not by power
but by yielding to dynamic
free life -
the free perfect love.
sacrifice the past hurts
Set your heart
on glory above
renewed in the image
of Christ,
Live in the Spirit
as a new creation,
Start your day
Surrendered to His strength
Surrendered to his grace
Stronger in his Spirit,
Knowing
the Kingdom life
here and now.

Starting Thoughts: As believers (Christians) we are to know the infinity love, grace, Holy Spirit power as we yield to God daily and His will for us. How easy to say and hard to be, but the more our identity is in Christ the more likely we are to break the habits that make us less than who we are right now.
Poem Topic Tags: #creation, #freedom, #habits, #heart, #kingdom, #life, #new, #power, #seasons, #spirit, #surrendered, #war
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #god, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Daily surrender to the will of God brings us release and identity poetry spoken word

Tags: love, habits, race, creation, identity

Unexpected

23.05.2019 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

At cross intersection corners
waiting for green light
your complexity amazes me,
In the smile of a grandson,
Lifted arms,
your love is grinned,
Above flower hovering bee
crafted creation dance
your beauty amazes,
In blown paper rubbish,
Lonely swirls of forgotten,
your hope whirlwinds
into my Spirit.

Starting Thoughts: Surprised by the presence of God? Seeing God in unexpected places.
Poetry Tags: #amazing, #beauty, #christian, #creation, #god, #hope, #poems, #poetry, #spokenwords, #videos, #worship

Seeing God in Unexpected places Spoken Word Poetry

Tags: creation, worship, amazing, hope, beauty

Am I Big Enough?

04.06.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Am I big enough
thunders God?
Am I big enough
whispers God?
Am I big enough
loves God?

Come with your burdens
Come from where you are stuck
Come with your sins
Come with what
is held in your dark
no holding back,
Don't hang onto the past
because I hung
the past, present, future.
My love was nailed
came alive with
Jesus my Son,
I finished death
so you can let go,
Let me give joy
for lost years,
Let me give joy
for tears,
Let me give laughter
for stress,
Let me give peace
Let me make
forever holy
your life,
Let me be the beauty
the harmony
in your life,
experience the delights
in my heart.

You are
my new creation
healed and totally
forgiven,
I see you
perfect in my love,
Live with me,
Live from
my promises
my truth
my covernment
my power,
Live from
continual righteousness
cross centered
cross released.

Prompt
Is God BIG enough to love us completely... do we live from this love?

Tags: jesus, faith, love, identity, creation

Called to Live

20.05.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

The first call
rang out on
a stony beach,
"I will make you fishers,
catchers, of others”,
And Jesus walked
years of moments,
day and night sharing,
thinking, giving,
living with his hands,
touching crowds and individuals,
from miracles to healing
human mistakes,
growing his friends
developing disciples
Sharing his God
Sharing his life.

The last pass
of his earth journey
climbing the Mount of Olives
Jesus spoke, encouraged
“Go and make disciples”
and He left,
Left the kingdom
on Earth to our
Spirit empowered hands.

What is in your hand?
Carry it
use it,
Step out

Draw one step closer to God
Draw others one step closer
to God's kingdom,
You are it
the purposeful love
Now spirit aware of people
present in your world
praying for your world,
you stand, sit and go places
that no one else does,
and so with intentional relationship,
friendship moments,
Speaking to the gold in others
so they can become precious,
Live life together
conversations, a helping hand
hugs, generous words,
tears and hard times,
an influence.

You are
doing life with the one
you are
an answer
You are love
on feet,
Open your home
open your heart
open your hands.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

Prompt
How do we share our faith, make disciples, do we live from the love that we know?

Tags: jesus, faith, love, evangelism, creation

Beyond Outside

05.05.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

before time
before universes
before matter
was God.

God spoke
beginning - time
sky - space
earth - physical

time - past, present, future
sky - height, depth, width
earth - solids, matter, gas

My God is all
Space and connection
Atoms and atmosphere
Father-Son-Spirit
is in, through
and beyond - outside all these,
the creative designer
is not limited by
anything
anytime
anyplace,
And this God
says, “How high, how deep
how wide, is my love for you.”
I know you
know inside to outside
“How high, how deep
how wide, is my love for you.”
a mother father heart
Poured out
that asks for a childlike reaction.
How can I not respond?
How can I not be overwhelmed?
How can I not be in awe?
How can I not see
how small we are
and yet how treasured
how wonderfully loved
we are?

His life is our life
Safe and secure.
Released in love.
Allowed to truly love.
Heartbeats in harmony.
Face to face.
Breath to breath
Spirit to spirit.

Ephesians 3: 14-19

Prompt
Celebration of the Trinity in creation the overwhelming love and mother/father heart nature of God. Christian life reflections. Questions, thoughts and moments in spoken word videos.
Poem Topic Tags: #beginning, #child, #creation, #deep, #father, #god, #love, #mother, #response, #safer, #spirit, #time, #treasured, #trinity
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beyond outside christian poetry video love

Universe Contrasts

01.05.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Milky Way,
childlike name for
a small smear
in an expansive universe,
boundless space beyond
our thoughts,
Earth
so small
invisible in the universe,
yet sweeping
is the landscape of Earth
seaside sand beaches and sandcastles
flow to farm studded plains
rivers snaking and sparkling through
from snow capped alps
overlorded themselves by dark towering
thunderhead clouds,
Contrasting beauty stillness;
song of bellbird
patterns of design
in flowers, seed heads,
all displaying
vast and macro smallness,
two universes of space and closeup.
revealing a love extreme
infinite God almighty
yet one who knows me by name,
loves me
loves all
because of His very nature.

Prompt
The vast and the tiny of our universe leads to God.

Story of Hope

29.04.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

The power
of the holy word,
designing the
creator's desires;
He spoke
and atoms responded,
cataclysmic purposes
and the story of
God's heart birthed
a beyond universe,
sun stars, expanding galaxies
a perfectly spinning Earth
a people, families
a journey.

Time revolved...
Slices of
God-human struggles, worship,
hopes, dreams, victories,
questions, thoughts, languages,
captured in memories,
recorded on stone, the first papyrus,
evolving into paper,
accounts of God
and His creation,
Reminders of how
God desired relationship
with his people,
wanted to write
love on hearts of stone.
Time’s story
pointed to four letters
BC AD
and God's love was
rebirthed in the power
of His word,
the word was with
God, the word was God
And the word came to dwell
with us and walked Earth.

Transformation diaries, written
by those who lived with Jesus,
ate, slept, argued, hoped,
made mistakes, laughed,
looked at each other
across the fire sparks caught
in the Mediterranean air,
and wondered;
from those accounts
God's desire for us emerged
in the Word - the Bible.

Oh the story!
We were separated from God
searching for answers
and the answer lived
Life on earth,

Jesus Christ the Word.

Celebrate God's Word.

Tags: bible, word, creation, time, struggles

The Edge

07.04.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Growing darkness
Merges with the shadows
of rustling, whispering trees
mountain forest clearing,
seconds of slow
starlight reflection
evolve
into clear creation.

You stand
cold wind
edging your thoughts
Looking at the stretched expanse
shimmering star lights
expanding dreams and hopes.

The world...
universes...

Made.

Poem Tags
#christian, #creation, #god, #poem, #poems, #reflection, #spirit, #spokenword, #universe
Prompt
Standing amazed by the stars and universe expanses above. Makes you think.

See the Universe and stars and be challenged about creation Chrisitan Seeker Spoken Word Poetry

Tags: creation, stars, beauty, love, god

Standing on the beach, sunrise and all - worshipping God.

Thin Darkness

26.03.2018 Filed in: Poetry | |Christian |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Ever stood in the dark on the beach and waited for a sunrise… High Resolution Version

Darkness has
stolen my heart,
time falls to
single
piano notes
trembling in the air,
My mind reasoning
and yet not mine,
I'm waiting, not waiting,
thinking, not thinking,
wanting, but not.
Watching ocean currents
and a tide washing
my heart bleached
to the shore,
In the tight black night,
standing silent,
leaning to the whisper
of waves stroking the beach,
the quiet
cutting the busy
mess noise, tangle of life,
sharp to a midnight solitude
lone vigil.

The black night fractures,
jigsaw pieces
breached by thin pink light,
echo shapes mould
in my heart,
then reform
creating wholeness-
completion,
my minds eye
sees the changing sea
and my inside spirit
wrapped in now
warm silence.

The wind will rise
and howl of life's strength,
the song of forces
will heighten to a crescendo
and my midnight solitude
will blaze hope
in the distant golden line….
Creator of light
Timeless from God.

Morning Snapshot

11.02.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Pupils |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Cold morning soldiers
of dew and mist
guard the autumn sunrise
and silently creep
over walls and gardens,
the last few flowers
nearly yawning
an awakening birth,
Time is paused in
grey moments,
somehow
suspended between
stolen nights and fleeting days,
rust leaves stir sleepily
sharing quiet whispers
too afraid to
break the hush.
A car door slams
and engine coughs,
reluctantly turning over,
it noisily revs off
doppler decreasing
and silence descends again…

too late
daybreak magic has been lost,
the frozen moment thaws
and a myriad noises
clamber upwards
into the fading mist.

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Each White Song

28.01.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

Each white song
Unique crystalline beauty,
Cleansed in the Sun,
Formed extreme cold
Symmetric created crystals,
Now
Gracefully tumbling,
At times blown
on winds of fancy,
Yet drawn by gravity
By the power
towards earth.

Together
they meet
jostle and settle
mingle and mix,
Each one fragile
but together,
power to stop cars, trucks,
avalanches and glaciers
inexorable change
to the world.
Together
celebrations of life
Snowboard excitement cuts
Snowball thrown
family fun.

The potential of one
Being one.

Tags: snow, creation, weather, beauty, one

Warning: this writing and video deal with the theme of suicide.

Flourish

28.01.2018 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

In the heat
burned a mistake,
toxic
yet strangely cold,
Wounded
Cut,
Despairing,
Agonised,
Retreating from the real,
Unconnected,
life suicidal,
alone.

Could there be more?
What do you really want?

I am the Lord,
I demonstrated
an incredible
poured out love,
Christ, my Son
who died
for you,
For your past, present, future;

Oh, how I love you.

And you will be
...will be...
transplanted, born anew
Deeply cherished
Highly favoured
You will be rooted;
immersed into God,
established in
wider, higher, deeper
extravagant, endless love,
fresh life saturated
In Living water,
A revelation
of the infinite power
streaming to your spirit,
cascades of
Holy Spirit,
flooding immersive
your soul.
Rooted in Jesus as Lord.

Never doubt...
Open
to Him,
Make
Him Lord and King,
Place
Him first.

Be close
in Him, Blossom,
Be ready
to change,
Be loved
deeply, completely
Be overflowing
with love,
Be close, so close
to the Lover,
Be aware
in the pain,
Be powerful
in your innermost depths,
Be burning
fire spirit of God,
Be energised
joyful action,
Be strong
in the truth,
Be curious
seek the questions,
Be loyal
living harmony in community,
Be soaked
in the Word of God,
Be Communion
intimate with bread and wine,
Be impassioned
in prayer,
Be flowing
passion in the living river,
Be drawn
open to supernatural
Be aware
open to God's amazing,

Be quiet
sleep in the corner...

And you will...
Be filled
Spirit restored,
Be taken
deeper into mysteries,
Be flourishing
a Fruit festival,
Be transformed
by where you will go...

The Painter

24.12.2017 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word Written by: W Grieve

The artist
dot by dot
paintbrush breathes life,
imagination captured
Story told
unfolding in viewers mind.

This place
This church,
dot by dot
creating over time
3D art mirroring life,
Story told
over time
in relationships,
Love connections.

Patina of years
Layers deepen
each dot, each brushstroke,
mirroring reflections, glimpses of the image
of God.
We are God's
picture,
individual hues
Blending, composing.

So jump
into the paint, the painting
Enjoy being His creation,
sing His colours,
connected to create
connected to bless
connected to portray
experiences of God's love.

Tags: creative, jesus, painting, art, creation

VAST Tiny

15.02.2017 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

Universe vastness
Energy unleashed
Atom
Unseeable small
Power contained.

I am
cut open
in these extremes,
Pulled to the stars,
Wondering in the minute
Suspended in the moment.

Night Cascade

15.02.2017 Filed in: Poetry |Christian |Video |Spoken Word |Seeker Written by: W Grieve

An orchestra of stars
cascades across night sky,
warm wind ripples
dark sand,
Stirring salt smells,
Whisper waves wash
towards my feet.
Surrounded
by echo stillness.

I stand,
Seeing,
somehow sensing
all dimensions,
Connected and separate,
Alone edges and closeness,
Dissonant but in tune,
Breathless
with His breath
in my lungs,
Feeling the symphony
of stars - soul singing.
I stand,
profound awe,
Worship wells
deep within,
Overture begins
precious praise,
Harmonies to the beauty
beyond compare,
Soul crescendos;
Worshipping God's
Amazing
Precious love,
Worshipping
who God is.

We give glory!
Worthy is His Name!

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Mother's Heart

End

The Presence of Christ

99% Nothing

Finally

At War

Unexpected

Am I Big Enough?

Called to Live

Beyond Outside

Universe Contrasts

Story of Hope

The Edge

Thin Darkness

Morning Snapshot

Each White Song

Flourish

The Painter

VAST Tiny

Night Cascade