Hands Across the Ocean Jubilee Anniversary: 50th Jubilee Imigration Anniversary from Ireland

During the years I’ve known Bridget, her burning passion to share her faith has never dimmed. That passion is reflected in these poems, as is her empathy for the poor, the isolated and the lost, those described as The tired, lonely and weak in ‘Take Exit Seven in the Underground’. The message is clear and simple. In her poem ‘Old Mrs Fagin’ we are invited to Turn and follow Jesus, and be found. ‘The Petition’ closes with God’s offer of a new beginning and a new heart, but also with his commission to share our new-found faith. There is a challenge to the Church to leave its comfort zone: It’s not God’s plan to ignore The needy and the poor, . . . Don’t you know you are in possession of keys? (‘Exit Seven’) It’s my hope and prayer that these verses will touch the hearts of many who don’t yet know the One who holds the key to heaven, and that they will stir into action those who do. Andy Paget, pastor, Trinity Tabernacle, Bristol