Category: The journey

Song of Songs has proved to be a collection of love songs packed with joy and desire and mutual admiration. There is much to celebrate. These two young people have found love together. They...

I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom. Before I realised...

Being in love changes a person. You become besotted, obsessed with the one you love. You become blind to any flaws they may have. They seem completely perfect to you. You are in awe....

So when the young woman’s friends ask her where they can find the one she loves – Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your beloved turn, that we...

How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?  Song of Songs 5:9 So tell us what’s so special about...

We’ve had the joyous connection and the delicious afterglow – so what comes next? Well, it’s a dream. A dream of longing and loss that turns into a nightmare. I slept but my heart...

How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead. Your teeth are like...

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant? Look! It is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty...

All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. I will get up now and go about the city, through...

Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.  Song of Songs 2:7 ‘You can’t hurry love. No, you just have to wait. Love don’t come easy. It’s a game of give and...