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I Don't Believe It
I Don't Believe It
by Clare Truman
A lighthearted sketch for two actors who discuss the rumours surrounding Jesus' ministry and the healing of the Centurion's servant. Ideal for all age worship, youth groups or assemblies. I Don’t Believe It! Year C - Proper 4 Luke 7: 1-10 The actors are dressed in street style cl…
Poem: Doubt and faith
Poem: Doubt and faith
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Doubt and faith It’s easy now for us to say we would have known that Easter Day that all was well, but those who saw his cruel cross found, in their devastating loss, a living hell. It’s easy in that garden tomb to know that light pierced through the gloom and brought relie…
Drama/monologue: Witness to a miracle?
Drama/monologue: Witness to a miracle?
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: Witness to a miracle? I think it was a con trick. But I don’t know how he did it – even though I was there and saw it with my own eyes. It’s just too fantastic to be true. I mean, would you have believed that a stone surface, admittedly with wood and an animal ca…
: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…
Poem: Lost
Poem: Lost
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Lost Lost – one God. Can’t find him anywhere. One direction or another, it doesn’t matter – no God. Is he hiding from me? Has he turned away and has his back to me? Am I lost, or is he? I don’t know. I want to find him. I want to talk to him. I know he will listen carefully…
Poem: That shouldn’t happen to you!
Poem: That shouldn’t happen to you!
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: That shouldn’t happen to you! When the person who is supposed to love you most is the one who seems to understand your faith in God the least, do you reject the God who has held you for so long, or ignore the one who says your God doesn’t seem to care? Continues... ©Marjori…
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony It’s not always easy to keep on believing in God. It may be possible to say that we believe, but in our heart of hearts to know that there is doubt and uncertainty. We are rational beings, or we arrogantly proclaim we are. And in that arrogance l…
Prayer: Living God
Prayer: Living God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Living God Living God, we are some of those people who have not seen Jesus, but yet we have believed. There are times when we have felt that you were very close to us and times when we know you have held us through difficult patches in our lives. But we recognize that the…
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge On those days when people seem to be aggressive and antagonistic: God is our refuge. On those days when bad news is the only news of the day: God is our refuge. On those days when tragedy and disaster bring fear and a sense of helplessness: Go…
Poem: Too much to take in
Poem: Too much to take in
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Too much to take in If Jesus knew that his disciples would not remember half of what he was saying and that they would panic and worry and hide away from their troubles, puzzled by misunderstanding and full of fear – doesn’t that give us some kind of comfort when we find ou…
Responsive prayer: God of all grace