Marjorie Dobson
Fasting - an alternative view of Isaiah 58: 1-9a
Fasting - an alternative view of Isaiah 58: 1-9a
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: Fasting – an alternative view to Isaiah 58. 1-9a I always say there’s nothing like a good day’s fasting to clear out the system, especially right after a few feast days. Doesn’t do you any harm. I mean, you’ve already over-eaten and drunk too much wine, so what’s the h…
Old folks
Old folks
by Marjorie Dobson
The Presentation of the Lord / Candlemas Luke 2:22-40 Monologue: Old folks! Have you heard the latest about that batty old Anna? You know - that old woman who thinks she’s a prophetess. Wanders round the Temple all day, praying all over the place. Eighty-four if she’s a day! Don’…
For the beginning of another year
For the beginning of another year
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For the beginning of another year Time flies. The years slip away. Spring soon turns to winter and the days become shorter in the passing. Never-ageing God, when we begin to count the years it seems impossible that so many have passed. How did they slip by so quickly? Is …
prayer/meditation on John 1: 10-18
prayer/meditation on John 1: 10-18
by Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Christmas year A John 1: 10-18 Prayer/Meditation on John 1: 10-18 Dear God, when we look back and realise how few people recognised you when you came to be with us, we are amazed at the ignorance and lack of perception of all the others. But hindsight is such …
Exciting God
Exciting God
by Marjorie Dobson
Epiphany 3 year A Matthew 4. 12-23 Prayer: Exciting God Exciting God, we pray for those people of vision and initiative who place new challenges before us and encourage us to catch their vision. That is not always easy and we do not necessarily greet these ideas with enthusiasm..…
Things have changed
Things have changed
by Marjorie Dobson
Christmas day - Luke 2:1–20 Meditation for Christmas Day: Things have changed What do shepherds and angels and stars have to do with this day? Are they not merely a myth told in a seasonal play? Those Eastern wise men? Can they still be found in the sound of the guns and the flam…
The boy in the Temple
The boy in the Temple
by Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday after Christmas year A (second service) Luke 2.41-52 The boy in the Temple Parents were panicking, searching and desperate. Where was the child who should be in their care? Friends started muttering, chattering, gossiping, ‘Surely they must have known he wasn’t there…
Christmas is a family time
Christmas is a family time
by Marjorie Dobson
Fourth Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 1:18-25 Meditation: Christmas is a family time. Christmas is a family time. A time for the gathering of long-lost relatives and excited children. A time for cards and greetings and to celebrate together. Or is it? We recognise at this time t…
Flight into Epypt
Flight into Epypt
by Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday after Christmas Day Matthew 2. 13-23 Meditation: Flight into Egypt Another journey! And we’re going in the wrong direction again. What is God trying to do to me? To us? Why can’t we just go home and live in peace? I know Jesus is a sturdy child – and a happy one too,…
From a prison cell