'confession' was written as a prayer for the grace service at reimagining worship in hackney. The service was about the senses, and this prayer about the misuse of the senses. we had linked images, eg advertisements, up whilst it was read.

white lines

blowing through my mind

and all the while i think of you

you said

hello boys are you pleased to see me?

we said

lord, when did we see you naked

and not rewind the video

you said

some people bleed internally

for lack of anyone to touch them

and pronounce them clean

we said

some people are just asking for it

you said

it's a lovely day

come outside and smell the flowers

we said

there was a drunk on the train tonight

we could hardly breathe

don't these people ever wash?

you said

hey baby

we could make beautiful music together

you said

you could at least phone

we said

we're sorry there's no-one here to receive your call at present

please leave your name and telephone number

and we will get back to you as soon as possible

you said

if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off

If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out

with the remaining hand

because you can't, you won't, and you don't stop

you said

take, eat - this is my body

drink it all of you - this is my blood

we said

this product will only aid weight loss

as part of a calorie-controlled diet

you said

the eye cannot say to the hand "i don't need you"

or how are you going to reach out?

you said

the head cannot say to the feet "i don't need you"

or how are you going to dance?

we said

we are the body of christ

but it's not quite nice to talk about bodies

especially in church

if you wanted us to be holy

why did you invent sex?

you said

i gave up my body

to murder and resurrection

to put all this mess right

i can start changing things right now, if you want

we said

yes please