First things first
Spotted outside Rotterdam Central Station (Photo: Irene Bom) Living alone during a pandemic, working from home since March 2020, one of the ways I stay alive is to be creative and share my work online. Through this blog, for example. Thank you. Another creative outlet in 2020 was the 12 Song Challenge, hosted by … Continue reading "First things first"...
The last may be first
Rotterdam shop window (Photo: Irene Bom) Opening Invocation (inspired by Luke 14: 7-14) Hospitable God, you invite us to a banquet where the last may be first, and the humble and the mighty trade places. Let us share your abundance with no fear of scarcity; let us greet strangers as angels you have sent! … Continue reading "The last may be first"...
First love
‘You yourself know what you need’ (Photo: Irene Bom) In his letter to the church in Ephesus, Jesus said: “I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.” … Continue reading "First love"...
The First and Last
I wrote this song in 1999, but it really came into its own last year, more than 20 years later – sung in church as an encouragement to my congregation during lockdown, and accompanied on the ukelele at the bedside of someone who was dying. Now it’s my privilege to share a recording of … Continue reading "The First and Last"...