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Our calling as Christians, to let God be God
Our calling as Christians, to let God be God
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Our calling as Christians, to let God be God Proper 20 Year A Jonah 3:10-4:11 Our calling as Christians, to let God be God, conflicts with our selfish agenda; the way that God treats us so often seems odd, less valued, and more chief offender. Our selfish agenda can hinder …
Poem:True wisdom
Poem:True wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem:True wisdom Is wisdom found in argument, boasting, or sharp debate, or is it found in selfishness, in envy, or in hate? Does wisdom fire ambition that is ruthless in its drive, or cause a fight or quarrel in the battle to survive? Does wisdom harbour bitterness, or twist the…
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony It’s not always easy to keep on believing in God. It may be possible to say that we believe, but in our heart of hearts to know that there is doubt and uncertainty. We are rational beings, or we arrogantly proclaim we are. And in that arrogance l…
Prayer: Forgiving God, we are your creation
Prayer: Forgiving God, we are your creation
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Forgiving God, we are your creation Forgiving God, we are your creation, yet we are also creatures of this world and we know how sometimes that can lead us away from you. So often we are tempted to be selfish and self-centred. So often we excuse ourselves from doing the r…
Joseph wept, his brothers found him
Joseph wept, his brothers found him
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Joseph wept, his brothers found him Proper 15 year A Genesis 45: 1 – 15 Joseph wept, his brothers found him, found the one that they had sold, stunning grace would now confound them, family bonds would last and hold. Famine brought them to his table, desperation drove them …
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Second Sunday of Easter Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Second Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A Meditation on John 20: 19-31 Gaze on the doors of the house – note the plural. First there is the heavy external door, the main protection for the property, made of solid wood with massive hinges, and then another at the top of the stairs behi…
Within a world of many gods
Within a world of many gods
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Within a world of many gods Proper 11 year A Isaiah 44:6-8 Within a world of many gods that called for their attention, the people said the God of love was theirs beyond contention. Within a world where wealth or power tempt us to selfish living... Tune: ST COLUMBA (IRISH) …
The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle
The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle Proper 26 Year A Matthew 23:1-12 The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle, devoid of hypocrisy, sharp as a sword. And when we are driven along by that Spirit we live with God’s courage, embody God’s Word. The ones who do all fo…
When the leaders of the nations
When the leaders of the nations
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: When the leaders of the nations Proper 26 Year A Micah 3:5-12 When the leaders of the nations feast while heaping wrong on wrong; we will lose all sense of vision, discord will pervade our song. Those who perpetrate injustice, making profit out of war... Tune: GOTT WILL’S M…
Poem: Even today
Poem: Even today
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Even today Even today, when so many people believe in nothing, or so they claim and others believe in crystals, ley lines and sun worship, which doesn’t seem to improve the weather one bit and others declare this life is all we’ve got, so who cares about anything except hav…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 21 August 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 21 August 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 21 AUGUST 1930 I shall be forty-six in two weeks. I no longer have the sense that life is all before me, as I had a few years ago. Some of it is behind—and a miserable poor past it is, so far below what I had dreamed that I dare not even think of it. Nor dare I think …
Prayer: God of majesty and power
Prayer: God of majesty and power
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent by John Birch ADORATION God of majesty and power, who spoke and this world was, who breathed and this world lived, who counts the hairs upon our head, who sees our thoughts and reads our hearts, who loves us more than w…
Prayer: Everything and nothing
Prayer: Everything and nothing
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Everything and nothing Most people would not understand the truth of having nothing, yet possessing everything. Yet, time and again, that truth is demonstrated by people who seem to have lost everything, other than hope and faith and love. Loving God, please help us to ke…
Reflection/Drama: Psalm 72 for today
Reflection/Drama: Psalm 72 for today
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/drama: Psalm 72 for today (can be read by several voices, but will work best with at least two) ‘He will judge in righteousness. He will defend the afflicted. He will save the children of the needy. He will crush the oppressor. He will be like showers watering the eart…
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power