Surrender
by Peter Ould

You won
but I didn’t lose
You gave your all
and now you want
everything.
So I’m waving
my white flag
and I can’t tell
if the blood smears
on it
are mine
or
yours.


Peter Ould is the Curate at Christ Church Ware, an Evangelical Anglican church in the Diocese of St Albans, UK. He became a Christian in 1994. He began by worshipping in house churches (Vineyard and New Frontiers) and eventually settled in the Church of England. He attended Vicar Factory in Oxford where he helped to setup the international networking group Anglican Mainstream http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/ with which he is still involved.

Peter, who self-identifies as "post-gay", speaks and writes on issues of sexuality and identity. He works with groups like Living Waters UK and TFT to bring the message of restoration and wholeness for all of God’s people. He is currently the chair of Redeemed Lives UK. Peter is also a member of New Wine Leaders Network and Forward in Faith UK.

He is married to Gayle and they are expecting their first child in May.