Prayer: God, our refuge
Prayer: God, our refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, our refuge God, our refuge, you have promised shelter and safety for those who love and trust in you. Yet in the world around us we see faithful people suffering, innocent people injured and dying, children starving and women attacked and molested. Daily we hear of w…
Prayer: Ever-present God
Prayer: Ever-present God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Ever-present God Ever-present God, at this time of Advent this is our prayer for others, that they may discover your presence in their world and in their lives in this special season. Many people live in situations that are devoid of hope; that are steeped in poverty; tha…
Meditation/Poem: It isn’t always easy
Meditation/Poem: It isn’t always easy
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/Poem: It isn’t always easy It isn’t always easy to wait quietly and patiently for God to work and to bring hope back into our lives. We are impatient by nature. We want to get things done quickly and resolve problems as soon as possible. We say, let trouble take its co…
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…
Prayer: Storms of life
Prayer: Storms of life
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Storms of life When the winds of change drive us in directions that are alien to us: God, keep us on a steady course towards the goal you have set for us. When our lives are rocked by circumstances beyond out control: God, keep us from sinking beyond our depth. When storm…
Prayer: Transforming God
Prayer: Transforming God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Transforming God Transforming God, we thank you that in Christ you showed us how everything about our lives could change and we could be recreated by you. Yet, so often we need to come back to you again to ask for forgiveness, as we slip back into our very human ways and …
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being If love is the centre of God’s being and we are surrounded by that love, why is it that we find it so hard to love certain other people? Is it a matter of overcoming prejudice? Jesus did that. Is it a matter of disagree…
Were You There? - Stations of the Cross Service
Were You There? - Stations of the Cross Service
by Christine Odell
Were you there…? A service of meditations based on the Stations of the Cross including an order of service, suggested hymns, Bible readings and 14 meditations. 2. Jesus bears his cross I watched his father, Joseph, As he fashioned the boy’s cradle. His cradle was made of the fine…
Good Friday Service
Good Friday Service
by Christine Odell
Good Friday Service A service of linked Call to Worship, hymns, Old and New Testament readings, prayers and meditations Call to Worship: Today is a solemn day. The day when we remember the sufferings and death of Christ our Lord upon the cross: the total self-giving of Love for t…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Closing
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Closing
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
God is a word we use, and we think we know what it means. But, in truth, God is always far beyond our understanding. We can only know God by unknowing. We can only offer our willingness and our wonder. This kind of constant and open inquiry is an intense intimacy through which we…
Open with God Book - May - Christian Aid Week (week 20)
Open with God Book - May - Christian Aid Week (week 20)
by Christine Odell
May – Christian Aid Week (week 20) Calendar of Prayers Reading Psalm 146.5-9 Our God, we praise and thank you for the abundant love you pour out upon us: for giving us this world to provide for our needs; for giving us free will so that we can choose to express our humanity by lo…
Open with God Book - May - International Day of the Family (May 15)