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O Lord who came from God above
O Lord who came from God above
by Michael Docker
O Lord who came from God above And burned with God in every part And promised flame and wind and love To burn me deep and sear my heart, I ask you, tremblingly, to burn My wayward, restless, empty days Till all I am is love and I yearn To serve and soothe, proclaim and praise. Je…
O Lord of the ages
O Lord of the ages
by Michael Docker
O Lord of the ages, in whom we move, Your purity burns like fire from the start; Burn me with flames of endless love On the frail altar of my heart. That all of my life might glow and burn And shine with love for all of my days And never fall; and always return To you in love and…
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Christianity
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Christianity
by SPCK - N T Wright
Scripture within Christianity: the First 1,500 Years The place and role of the Bible within the church’s mission and common life is once again heavily contested. Current ‘battles for the Bible’ in various parts of the church – not least, but not only, within debates about sexual …
Open with God Book - February - St Valentine's Day
Open with God Book - February - St Valentine's Day
by Christine Odell
February – St Valentine’s Day (14 February) Calendar of Prayers Reading Song of Solomon 2.8-13 Have a display of roses, cards etc and play suitable music. God, whose name is Love, we rejoice today as we celebrate your gift of romantic love: a love that causes hearts to leap songs…
52 Reflections on Faith - Mary, mother of Jesus: pointing to God
52 Reflections on Faith - Mary, mother of Jesus: pointing to God
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Mary, mother of Jesus: pointing to God Michelangelo’s Pietà is one of the most beautiful and famous pieces of art in the world. It stands just inside St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In glorious white marble, sculpted in the 15th century when the artist was only 24, the statue depict…
52 Reflections on Faith - Corpus Christi: Sanctifying Matter
52 Reflections on Faith - Corpus Christi: Sanctifying Matter
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Corpus Christi: Sanctifying matter A lot of people are familiar with the name of the French Jesuit scientist-priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955), but few know in any detail what he had to say. Teilhard, as he is often known, was born in the Auvergne region of France and…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - God’s Faithfulness, Not Mine
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - God’s Faithfulness, Not Mine
by SPCK - John Goldingay
God’s Faithfulness, Not Mine Psalm 143 Contrary to the resolve she had announced a few days ago, first thing this morning my wife sat at her computer checking the news. Eventually I asked her what had happened to her resolve to begin the day with her time of devotion, and in horr…
Poem: Too busy?
Poem: Too busy?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Too busy? Busy-ness denotes duty and duty demands dedication and dedication inspires devotion: but busy-ness can also hide emptiness, mask loneliness, produce resentment, lead to self-imposed martyrdom and miss those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to listen and learn. Con…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:97-104 2nd Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 Christians are called to a lifetime of patience, devotion, faith and unrelenting prayer. In the parable of the persistent widow, Jesus’ message regarding prayer is t…
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 119:1-8 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 One can hear the frustration in Paul’s writing as he addresses the Corinthian church on the subject of their disunity. He calls them babies – still needing to be…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1st Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 The nation of Israel had long known that God was their shepherd. David, the shepherd turned king, portrayed God as a loving, all-providing, protecting shepherd in his famous psalm (P…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Christ the King Luke 23: 33-43 Gaze on the two other men, hanging on their crosses. Though we know nothing about their crimes, we may picture them as nasty, brutish men, surly, dirty and dishevelled even before this execution. Were they violent men who had spent a lifetime harmin…
Deep Church Rising - 5 (part 2) In Defense of the Creed
Deep Church Rising - 5 (part 2) In Defense of the Creed
by SPCK - Andrew Walker and Robin Parry
In Defense of the Creed Creeds often take a fair amount of flack. In the minds of many people they are lifeless sets of “things to believe” that substitute for authentic heart-felt faith; they epitomize outward “religion” obsessed with form and ritual, as opposed to inward devoti…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 4 Prayer