Lament & Hope

Rev'd Jon Swales

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A podcast journey of prayer, poetry and teaching from Rev'd Jon Swales.

FEB 6

The Waiting of All Things

Send us a text www.cruciformjustice.com words: Jon Swales music. pixabay 'Hope' The Waiting of All Things The whole creation waits— not quietly, but leaning forward with the ache of expectation. Galaxies tilt toward the dark, spirals cupped like listening ears. Stars hold their breath between burning and blessing, knowing there is more than endless expansion and collapse. Rocks remember touch. They remember being named good before they were quarried, before they were broken for speed and profit. They bear the weight of violence, the long erosion of sorrow, and still they wait— patient as prayer pressed into stone. Rivers keep moving through poisoned veins of land. Waterfalls fall like tears that refuse to be wasted. They groan with the sound of mourning, yet rush with hope, as if every plunge knows it is not the end. Rainbows stretch themselves across wounded skies, not forgetting the flood, but daring to believe that mercy still arches over ruin. They wait, colours pulled taut as promise. Whales sing in the deep. Their voices carry grief and memory, songs heavy with plastic and silence, yet tuned for joy. They groan— but their groaning is music, a labour-song for a world not yet born. Trees rise on tiptoes, peering through the dark. Roots remembering light. Branches leaning toward dawn. Then— they clap their hands. Not politely. Not on cue. But wildly. Leaves shudder with memory. Bark strikes bark in stubborn praise. They clap because roots know resurrection long before theology names it. They clap because hope is older than despair. All creation is watching, eyes wide with longing, for the revealing of the children of God. The world is not what it will be— and it knows it. When they appear— not by courage, not by timing, but because the hour has come— creation exhales. Rocks loosen their grip. Rivers quicken their dance. Forests erupt in applause. Galaxies widen with joy. This is the glory creation waits for: not escape, not domination, but belonging made visible. And the whole world— still groaning, still hoping— keeps leaning forward, waiting for love unveiled to take flesh again. Rev'd Jon Swales Feb 2026.

4 min
12/06/2025

East of Eden: Advent in Hull

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7 min
12/06/2025

East of Eden: Advent in Newcastle

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7 min
11/01/2025

East of Eden: Not a Wedding

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7 min
11/01/2025

Bread of the Manger

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3 min
11/01/2025

East of Eden: Gateshead

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8 min
09/12/2025

The Gospel of the Wild Goose

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5 min
09/09/2025

The Gospel of the Wounded Church

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5 min

A podcast journey of prayer, poetry and teaching from Rev'd Jon Swales.

Creator

Rev'd Jon Swales
Years Active

2021 - 2026
Episodes

225
Rating

Clean
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