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A poem for Christmas
By the Rt. Rev. Graham Kings
Bishop of Sherborne

One accord for all
between
God and woman:
according to his Word,
God becomes
conceivably small.

Life-giving cord
is cut for life:
Heir of the world
gulps
air of the world.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Graham Kings, in his retirement in Cambridge, is honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Ely and research associate at the the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, which he founded in 1995. He has served as Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion; Bishop of Sherborne; and vicar of St. Mary’s Church, Islington, London, where he co-founded Fulcrum.

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