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These intercessions are for two voices, alternating between extracts from the week’s newspapers and prayerful responses to those items of news.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (5) A SUMMER SUNDAY

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Worship on summer Sundays often goes on without any sense of high drama. These are occasions to change the mood of our intercessions to try and match the mood of the season.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (50) INCENSE

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Why should this splendid aid to prayer only be used by one tradition in the Church? The idea of prayer rising like incense and leaving an aroma of sanctity is deeply rooted in Jewish practice in the Old Testament and is an image used by St Paul of the lives of Christians…

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (51) RITUALS

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Most of us value ritual more than we realise...

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (52) HAZELNUTS

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Natural objects have an immediate and obvious appeal. The great doorway they can open for prayer is that of wonder. Once wonder is aroused it can easily lead into intercession.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (53) MAPS AND GLOBES

by SPCK - John Pritchard

An effective way of praying with a map of the world...

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (54) PEBBLES IN WATER

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Water has an elemental quality which readily attracts and engages us. It’s often best when in movement – flowing, bubbling, raging – but it can also be a metaphor for stillness, restoration and enveloping…

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (55) PLAYING CARDS

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Using familiar objects in a different setting can be a helpful way of engaging the imagination of people – young and old.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (56) THE COMPASS AND THE MAGNET

by SPCK - John Pritchard

When you’re young and discovering life’s glamorous temptations, it’s very hard to keep a straight course…

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (57) STONES HAVE SHARP EDGES

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Stones can symbolize many things. One of them is their hardness and their tendency sometimes to have sharp edges. What follows is a way of prayer for young people more than for children…

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (59) MUSIC AND DVD/VIDEO

by SPCK - John Pritchard

If we are hoping to show that prayer is related to the real-life experience of young people then we have to recognize the pervasive influence of music and films.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (6) A WINTER SUNDAY

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Not every Sunday feels special, even though every Sunday is a reminder of the resurrection!

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (60) MIND-MAPPING

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Mind-mapping is a familiar tool for learning and analysing information, but it can also be used helpfully in personal intercession.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (60) PRAYER ZONE

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Looking specifically at praying with children and youth.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (66) PREPARATION: ST PATRICK’S BREASTPLATE

by SPCK - John Pritchard

The famous prayer popularly known as St Patrick’s Breastplate can be a helpful preparation for any time of personal prayer because it places us securely within the light and protection of Christ…

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (67) STARTING WITH THE BIBLE

by SPCK - John Pritchard

The Bible is the treasure store from which Christian devotion has always grown.

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (68) FILES OF PRAYERS

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Two types of files may be particularly helpful as we take intercession more seriously. Of course the very idea of a file probably implies a certain kind of personality type – for some this will be hopelessly over-organized!…

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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (7) SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT

by SPCK - John Pritchard

Images from the natural world evoke a response in most of us. It can be helpful therefore to use one of nature’s patterns as the pattern of our prayer.

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