“Ride upon the storm” is a Danish drama translated into English and shown recently on Channel four.
It is about a family of priests who can trace their roots back in the Dutch Lutheran Church for 250 years.
It is full of drama and crisis and individuals who struggle and fall. It is also fall of grace and kindness.
The song used at the beginning of each episode is by Claus Hemper is a modern interpretation of the classic hymn “God moves in a mysterious ways his wonders to perform”. (Singing the Faith 104).
Below is a poem that features in the series by Ole Sarvig. In this particular episode the church family gather in the Refectory Garden to celebrate Pentecost. This poem is read before the beginning of Worship. I deliberately choose not to offer my own reflection on this poem.
I hope like me you will just find it beautiful and mysterious……….
Christ in the corn By Ole Sarvig.
I saw the corn last night
The dreaming corn,
The corn and ears of all mankind ever
In the fields.
I saw it this morning around five o’clock
When Christ came,
That pallid hour, when children are born
And fires breakout.
It was beautiful. They slept so silently
And Christ passed like a moon through
The corn.