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The Lion's World - 4 - No story but your own The Lion's World
The Lion's World - 4 - No story but your own The Lion's World
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
No story but your own Aslan loves his world and yet he cannot spare it – in the sense that he cannot make the experience of meeting him easy for persons who habitually settle for much less than the truth in their account of themselves and their world. And one of the simplest and …
Prayer: Thank you, loving God
Prayer: Thank you, loving God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Thank you, loving God Thank you, loving God, for all those who have walked with us on the way of faith and who have encouraged and strengthened us in the work we do together. Some of those people have made a real and lasting impact on our lives. Others have only been with…
Prayer: The changing world
Prayer: The changing world
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: The changing world Dear God, sometimes when we look at the world we live in, we are filled with despair at the selfishness and greed that we see around us. It seems as if so many people are concerned solely with their own business and no one cares about morality, or selfl…
Always there
Always there
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/meditation: Always there Lord, you have always been there for your people. From the beginning of creation, right through to this present day, you have given strength and support to anyone who has asked you for it. But, as we grow older, we recognize how brief life really is …
Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy
Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy Meditation isn’t always easy. Being lost in thought often is. But it does depend on the focus of our thoughts. Bitterness, hatred, loss and grief bring pain and anguish and a mind that sets into a circle of hurt and anger and negati…
Imagining the Lectionary: Word, life-space and enlightenment (Advent 3B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Word, life-space and enlightenment (Advent 3B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Word, life-space and enlightenment (Advent 3B) Reflection accompanying images “The true light” , “The word became flesh” and “Living within the light of Christ as children of God” To Christian eyes the work of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, on display at…
Imagining the Lectionary: God the Upholder (Proper 12A/Ordinary 17A)
Imagining the Lectionary: God the Upholder (Proper 12A/Ordinary 17A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: God the Upholder (Proper 12A/Ordinary 17A) Reflection accompanying images “marine way suspension bridge southport, pedestrians on marine way suspension bridge southport, anchor point on marine way suspension bridge southport.”. 'Uphold me according t…
Bright morning maker
Bright morning maker
by Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Bright morning maker Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1-2, 4a; Psalm 8 Bright morning maker, as your sun breaks through, dawn’s early light reflects in morning dew. So thankful people sing their praise to you: Alleluia Daylight creator, through the busy day, sun, chasing sh…
Poem: View point
Poem: View point
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: View point Trinity Sunday Year A Matthew 28: 16-20 Living at ground level, we reduce the sky to memory. Buildings enclose; pavements beneath become controllable, within our scope. Here, above our everyday, space is on a different scale. Clouds dominate... 19 June 2011, Tr…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 10 Year B