Prayer: God, you set us on a journey
Prayer: God, you set us on a journey
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, you set us on a journey God, you set us on a journey through life, sometimes the challenges you give us test us to the limits and we feel that they will never end. We can experience hardship, difficulty and even danger. Sometimes we find ourselves fighting to retain …
Too easy to say sorry
Too easy to say sorry
by Katherine Fox
A prayer of confession that doesn't use 'sorry', 'apologise' or 'regret' but asks God to provoke us to understand the consequences of our actions. Too easy to say sorry – prayers of confession It's easy to say sorry if we didn’t really think it was our fault but recognise that th…
The Open Gate - Candle Prayers
The Open Gate - Candle Prayers
by SPCK - David Adam
Candle Prayers These prayers are for the beginning and the ending of the day. It may help you to light a candle as a symbol of the presence and the power of God to triumph over every darkness. It is good to look at the flame and thank God that His light conquers the darkness, to …
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 21 September 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 21 September 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 21 SEPTEMBER 1930 Our search for God through narrow straits has brought a sudden revelation, like an explorer who has just come out upon a limitless sea. It is not any particularly new idea but a new feeling, which came almost of itself. Today God seems to me to be ju…
Prayer: Watchful God
Prayer: Watchful God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Watchful God The prophet Amos warned that it is the everyday deceits – the token observance of the Sabbath, the sharp business practices, the cheating and exploitation of the poor, the selling of poor quality goods – that will be noticed and judged by God and the punishme…
Poem/Meditation- When despair wrenches the soul
Poem/Meditation- When despair wrenches the soul
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Meditation-When despair wrenches the soul When despair wrenches the soul and the heart is torn with grief; when the dark night is long and the hours are filled with fear; when anxieties prevent sleep and crying out to God seems to bring no answer, what is there to lift that…
Meditation - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B I need you, I need you now Mark 7: 24-37 Were you really going to ignore her Jesus? Her tiny little daughter was poorly Not just poorly, she was possessed by a demon. I’m sure she touched your heart, Jesus, I’m sure you must have fel…
Reflection: Responsibility