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LENT Thoughts
LENT Thoughts
by Audrey Hogan
Some of Audrey's thoughts on Lent How will I spend it? she asks. This item will download as 07031003335636.doc Lent stretches before me, How will I spend this time? In fasting from the things that distract me - From my goal of serving Christ? Perhaps give up some appetite for c…
A prayer for healing
A prayer for healing
by John Birch
A prayer on a theme of healing. Extract: When I pray for healing, Lord I sometimes feel so inadequate ill-equipped for the task. There are so many I could name who are in need of healing. There are those who hurt physically and others whose hurts go deeper whose scars cannot be…
Prayer on faith
Prayer on faith
by John Birch
A prayer on a theme of faith. Extract: Can we really move mountains with a mustard seed of faith? It seems rather a difficult task. Could we maybe start with a molehill and work our way up gradually? But that's not the way it works, is it, Lord? So often you challenge us with the…
Anxiety
Anxiety
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Anxiety O God, there are times when I am so afraid of the future, because the older I get, the less there is of it. I cover my fear by activity, by cheerfulness, by boasting of my age; but deep within, I have a fear of the unknown and I cannot hide that from you. Continue…
Open with God Book - April - World Health Day
Open with God Book - April - World Health Day
by Christine Odell
April – World Health Day (7 April) Calendar of Prayers Reading Mark 1.29-34a Ask those present to be silent, to become aware of their own bodies: breathing, pulse and senses as well as aches, pains and rumblings! Comforting God, you have consoled us with the promise that, at the …
Job for Everyone - On Birth and Death
Job for Everyone - On Birth and Death
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Birth and Death Job 10: 1-22 Yesterday a girl in her twenties was telling me about the death of her grandmother a day or two before. Like many people of her generation, she was very close to her grandmother, and the loss is a significant one. And yesterday another young woman …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 12 Year C