All the saints

The paper chain

is not a forgotten Christmas decoration

but a living reminder

of the family of God

past and present 

visible and out of sight.

The saints who have gone before us

and those who still mentor us

in our everyday.

The colours speak of the vibrancy of their witness

and pay tribute to the vitality

of their influence on us

who seek to be saints

for our day.

Saints

not because of our goodness

or our giftedness

but saints

because God declares us so.

And so we fluff up our wings

and polish up our halos

and walk tall

in the power of God

forging ever more links 

in that living chain.