Birth pangs
Birth pangs
by Marjorie Dobson
Birth Pangs A poem imagining the mind of Mary as she struggles to give birth in the stable of the inn. When I said, ‘Yes,’ I did not know where it would lead. Why, in God’s name, must it be here and now Why, after all the prejudice I’d known, the scorn, derision, and the hostile …
Christmas is a family time
Christmas is a family time
by Marjorie Dobson
A prayer for those who find Christmas a difficult time because they have no family, or little family contact. (This liturgy can be incorporated into an ordinary act of worship during the pre-Christmas or Christmas season. It could be used with several voices. Parts of it may be o…
Emergency sermon
Emergency sermon
by Jonathan Miller
Answers are hard to come by, at least satisfactory ones. We find ourselves calling out with David, My God, my God, why have you forsaken us? This is a sermon I truely hope that no body will ever need, but it is a sermon for use after a terrorist attack or a natural disaster excer…
Prayer of Adoration for the Trinity
Prayer of Adoration for the Trinity
by Jonathan Miller
This is a prayer and three prayers, written to go with the Holy Trinity paintings I painted. The language is odd but it is supposed to make you stop and think. You may love it, you may hate it but please think why do you feel this way? "Pumzi, Spirit, your name is a verb. You are…
As the world turns, we turn to you
As the world turns, we turn to you
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – As the world turns, we turn to you As the world turns, we turn to you, - here we pause before you, Lord. In our search for peace in turmoil we have come to be restored. All the world is crowding closer, longing for a touch of grace; asking us to act for Jesus... (c) 2005 G…
One link in the chain of command
One link in the chain of command
by David A. Campton
One link in a Chain of Command Monologue for Holy Week and Good Friday Matthew 8: 5-13; 27: 54; Mark 15: 39; Luke 7: 1-10; Luke 23: 47 I’m just one link in a chain of command… I receive orders and I give them… My name is Marcus Antoninus Proclus, senior centurion of the Tenth Leg…
In Remembrance
In Remembrance
by David A. Campton
In Remembrance Monologue suitable for Easter evening. (Eating and drinking throughout) I’m starving... Mind you, is it any wonder? I’ve hardly eaten since Thursday night... Friday was so busy... Yesterday I couldn’t have faced food... And today... well I’ve had other things on my…
The Blacksmith