Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on John 17: 1-11
Reflection on John 17: 1-11
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on John 17: 1-11 Ascension John 17: 1-11 Facing the biggest crisis of his life, with friends ready to betray him and enemies waiting to execute him, Jesus still took time to pray. Though he anticipated death, he believed that God’s glory would be shown as death was d…
Psalm 47 - with Caution - Monologue
Psalm 47 - with Caution - Monologue
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 47 – with caution - monologue Ascension Psalm 47 1. Sit on your hands, people, or hold them firmly to your sides; whisper your praise to God, but not too emotionally. 2. God is a Vast Presence, the Unseen Power over everything on earth. 3. He’s won all our battles for us an…
God Unkown-Prayer
God Unkown-Prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God unknown Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 17: 22-31 In Athens, Paul found statues of many gods and one to an ‘unknown god’. So we pray today for those many people who have not yet found God in their lives. God, we know you and we are known to you. We pray now … for those wh…
Father God - Prayer
Father God - Prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer - Father God Sixth Sunday of Easter Psalm 66: 8 - 20 Father God! What a comfort there is in those words. You don’t know how much I need a loving father right now. But then you do, don’t you? That’s the whole point! You know when I feel low and sad and need a shoulder to cr…
Gazing up to heaven
Gazing up to heaven
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation: Gazing up into heaven Ascension Acts 1: 1-11 Gazing up into heaven can often seem much safer than coming down to earth. In the heavens there are stars and planets and vast spaces to wonder at. Lost in contemplation, the worries of the world become insignificant and fa…
To be or not...
To be or not...
by Marjorie Dobson
To be, or not … thoughts/meditation on John 10: 1-10 Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A John 10: 1-10 I’m not sure that I‘d want to be a sheep. Silly animals they are, scared of their own shadows, following each other around and constantly bleating about something, or nothing. They d…
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23 Psalm 23 The Lord is our shepherd: we shall not be in want. When life is rushed and hectic and there’s never enough time for all we have to do: Lord speak to us of green fields and still waters and calm our souls. When we are tempted into the e…
Living stones
Living stones
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Living stones Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A 1 Peter 2: 2-10 Some stones were never meant for building,?? being sharp and flinty; jagged and easily broken. Unreliable. Others are round and smooth. They slip and slide, one against another: never bound together. Always moving.…
Coats at your feet
Coats at your feet
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic monologue/poem: Coats at your feet Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 7: 55 – 60 How could you just stand there watching with hatred and anger in your heart, but your eyes unaffected by the sight of that cruel death? How could you be so callous and calculating, plotting …
Three thousand – plus one
Three thousand – plus one
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic monologue: Three thousand – plus one! Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2: 14a, 36 – 41 He certainly got through to me, that Peter bloke. I’ve never heard anyone be so forceful and so sincere in what he was saying. It was amazing. I don’t know where he got the courage from. Af…
Thomas
Thomas
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Dramatic Monologue: Thomas Second Sunday of Easter - John 20: 19 – 31 It must have felt like walking into a nightmare. All those sensible, down-to-earth friends of yours, ranting and raving; telling you the most bizarre stories; jumping up and down with excitement, flinging …
Safe, locked inside that upper room
Safe, locked inside that upper room
by Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Safe, locked inside that upper room Second Sunday of Easter - John 20: 19 – 31 Safe, locked inside that upper room, too scared to let the truth be known, disciples had to see their Lord before that truth could be their own. And Thomas, still so full of doubt, would not beli…
Remembering - Part of your memory
Remembering - Part of your memory
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Remembering - Part of your memory Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24. 13-35 Part of your memory will be rooted in this place – the time of sorrow that you thought would never end. Part of your life will always be linked to this pilgrimage – this remembrance...
Prayer based on 1 Peter 1: 3-9
Prayer based on 1 Peter 1: 3-9
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer based on 1 Peter 1: 3-9 Second Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 1: 3-9 Living God, we rejoice that in the events of this Easter season we can see how you offer us a living hope for all time. We believe in that hope, even though we live in times that test our faith and sometimes st…
It’s that man again, isn’t it
It’s that man again, isn’t it
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic monologue: It’s that man again, isn’t it. Second Sunday of Easter Acts 2: 14a, 22 – 32 It’s that man again, isn’t it. The one who used to be just Simon, but now seems to be called Simon Peter. I don’t know how he dared to stand in front of all of us and say the things h…
:It had been a strange journey
:It had been a strange journey
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation, drama, monologue :It had been a strange journey Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24. 13-35 It had been a strange journey. Talking, talking, talking all the way. First about the sickening events of that mock trial and the totally unjustifiable execution. Then about the conf…
Prayer: God of compassion