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Straight and narrow
Straight and narrow
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Straight and narrow Proper 18 Year A Psalm 119: 33-40 The straight and narrow path should be easy to follow. After all it is hemmed in and clearly defined. It is signposted and marked on the map and leads to only one place. But there are distractions along the way, wide roa…
Complaints
Complaints
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Complaints Proper 20 Year A Psalm 105: 1-6, 37-45, Exodus 16: 2-15 There was water everywhere. Water in the sea creating a barrier. Water piled high to give a safe escape route. Water in the cloud leading through the desert. Water in the dew, evaporating into flakes. Water …
How much more?
How much more?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: How much more? Proper 19 Year A Psalm 103: 8-13 Parents can forgive and forget the mistakes their children make; the heartache they often cause; the irresponsible behaviour, the outbursts of temper, the wilfulness and waywardness that youngsters can exhibit. For love is the…
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…
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…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Waves - Trust in God
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Waves - Trust in God
by SPCK - Ian Black
Waves (trust in God) Keep me afloat, O Lord, as the waves crash around and over me, threatening to overwhelm. Be my constant and sure ground as the tide of time ebbs and flows... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black
Poem: Fireworks
Poem: Fireworks
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Fireworks We can cope with God in the background, quiet, comfortable and contained: there when needed, but not interfering in our day-to-day business or our personal preferences. But God isn’t always silent. Sometimes there are fireworks... Continues ©Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, who spoke
Prayer: God, who spoke
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, who spoke God, who spoke to us through the ancient prophets, teach us to recognize the prophets of our own time. Some of them have loud voices and say things that upset and disturb us. Some of them may not appear to have anything to say that concerns you, or your wor…
Meditation/ prayer: Samuel
Meditation/ prayer: Samuel
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/ prayer: Samuel I’m sorry, God. I didn’t hear you the first time, or the second, or even the third. I didn’t recognise your voice. I suppose I didn’t expect to hear you when it was just an ordinary night – no different from any of the others. And I don’t remember you s…
Poem: Come crooners and crows
Poem: Come crooners and crows
by Marjorie Dobson
Come crooners and crows: come singers from shows: come tenors and basses from all different places: come tone deaf, or sweet, or those with a beat, sopranos with high notes with frogs in their sore throats. Contraltos join hands with those in rock bands and make up a ring with th…
Who knows?
Who knows?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Who knows? Proper 14 year A Genesis 37: 1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b Did Jacob know, while favouring one son, the brothers planned to kill that special one? Did Reuben know, by letting Joseph live, they would be saved by what that boy could give... 7 August 2011, …
The fool on the hill