Broken Piano
The keys, once pure, now lie fractured in a Leeds square. Broken yet beautiful, they mirror us— image bearers, wounded but still...
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Jon Swales
Jun 131 min
Love in the Twilight: A Poem
In the twilight of a fractured world, love looks like something— plunging light into the caverns of our souls. Love whispers in forgotten...
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Jon Swales
May 245 min
The Ancient Story
The Bible presents us with an epic love-shaped narrative, a story of salvation, a history of hope, and a metanarrative of mercy, which...
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Jon Swales
Apr 13 min
Echoes of Redemption
Click the picture above to access the book. Endorsements for my last book ‘Lament & Hope’. ‘We need Jon Swales at this time – pastor,...
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Jon Swales
Mar 301 min
Redemption’s Dance
Redemption’s Dance In the shadows, The darkness. I stumble, Lost in the maze of doubt. Whispers of hope call my name, In hushed tones...
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Jon Swales
Mar 301 min
Holy Saturday
The author of life now wears the shroud of death, He who said ‘I am the resurrection’ is lifeless, a corpse. The world's true light, in...
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Jon Swales
Feb 211 min
Transcends: A Poem
God is not confined to text, ink, paper, or papyrus. The divine transcends words. Not bound by a system, nor limited to a story, the...
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Jon Swales
Feb 191 min
Lent: A Poem
The Priest speaks, her hand moves, ‘Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return.’ I linger, pondering, I am flesh. The Priest...
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Jon Swales
Feb 122 min
Deconstruction: Necessary and Painful
Deconstruction can be both necessary and profoundly painful. An existential crisis which touches deep within the human soul and...
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Jon Swales
Jan 231 min
Where is God? A Poem
In the realm where the divine once dwelled, A silence envelops, veiled in shadows, untouched by motion, unheard in speech. Lifeless, the...
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Jon Swales
Jan 191 min
Life is a Gift/Love is a Verb
We don’t get to walk without wounds, Or talk with words that have not been forged and shaped in the crucible of suffering. Yet, still,...
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Jon Swales
Jan 51 min
Faith in a Secular Age- A Poem
My faith, delicate as spun glass, Intertwined and enfleshed with doubt. Hope, the quiet confidence in things unseen, Is woven into the...
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Jon Swales
Jan 11 min
Hereford Cathedral
Amidst weathered stones, History and tradition intertwine, A sanctified haven, Set apart from the hustle and bustle of the high street. A...
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Jon Swales
Dec 18, 20231 min
The Return: A Poem
We found ourselves east of Eden, Estranged and alienated, Hostile and unholy. We, broken sinners, yearned for a Savior, Homesick exiles...
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Jon Swales
Dec 9, 20231 min
Advent Pilgrimage - A Poem
Stumbling towards Bethlehem to gaze upon the humble King, While the city lights entreat me to linger, to stay, to spend. Stumbling...
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Jon Swales
Dec 2, 20231 min
All is Not as it Seems: An Advent Poem
In fragile faith, With the tenacious audacity of hope, All is not as it seems. A veil, like winter's fog, separates the divine from...
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Jon Swales
Nov 14, 20231 min
Doubt- A Poem
Sometimes, Not all the time, I doubt. The gift of faith is absent, And for a moment, I feel alone. Sometimes, Not all the time, I doubt....
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