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Poem: Without love
Poem: Without love
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Without love Could it be that we are so convinced that we are Christians that we cannot see our lack of true compassion? Proud preachers parade their words in public, but privately can be prone to apathy. Richly robed religious leaders ride alongside royalty and rearrange r…
Poem: Ash Wednesday
Poem: Ash Wednesday
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Ash Wednesday Ashes come from crosses, symbolically palm-leafed for joyful jubilation, yet shaped for betrayal and condemnation. Crosses carried last Lent as emblems of enlightenment and hand-held holiness, now tired and tainted by a year of faults and failing to follow the…
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…
When we look back on our lives
When we look back on our lives
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 25: 1-9 Meditation – When we look back on our lives When we look back on our lives, there are so many mistakes that we have made; so many things that we should have done, but didn’t; times when we deliberately behaved badly; times when we neglected our duty towards others; …
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Absalom's Coup
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Absalom's Coup
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Absalom’s Coup 2 Samuel 14: 25- 16: 23 When I was an assistant pastor, a leading political figure in the Church of England came to speak at a conference at our church, and talked about policies for which he was working in the Church of England. It was clear that the man was a ski…
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd Samuel 11: 26-12: 13 Psalm 51: 1-12 Ephesians 4: 1-16 John 6: 24-35 We can usually see what is wrong with other people. David saw immediately the injustice committed by the rich man in the story that Nathan related. What he did…
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 …
Hymn: God we need to know your mercy
Hymn: God we need to know your mercy
by Andrew Pratt
God we need to know your mercy, feel your grace around our lives, sense the presence of your spirit, loving kindness that survives. Faults that haunt us from our history are eroded by your grace; through your mercy life is lifted to a brighter finer place. Verse 3 follows Tune: S…
Psalms for Everyone - Passion Means Persecution
Psalms for Everyone - Passion Means Persecution
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Passion Means Persecution Psalm 68: 1-18 I dreamed last night that I was being taken to court for preaching. The question “If you were prosecuted for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” is a cliché, but it’s a clever and thought-provoking one. When …
Responsive prayer: God of wisdom
Responsive prayer: God of wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God of wisdom God of wisdom, we come again to ask you to forgive us for the foolishness of some of our actions. When we act with the arrogant assurance that what we do and say is always right. God, forgive us When we make harsh judgements of the behaviour of ot…
Prayer: Considerate God
Prayer: Considerate God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Considerate God Considerate God, we know that you understand our faults and our weaknesses and that you are always ready to forgive when we are genuinely sorry that we have made another mistake. We are so grateful for the compassion that you show us and we do try to learn…
Prayer: Transforming God
Prayer: Transforming God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Transforming God Transforming God, we thank you that in Christ you showed us how everything about our lives could change and we could be recreated by you. Yet, so often we need to come back to you again to ask for forgiveness, as we slip back into our very human ways and …
Monologue/Reflection: A tribute to David
Monologue/Reflection: A tribute to David
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Reflection: A tribute to David (We are used to hearing funeral tributes. This is an imagined one from the past.) He was a good king! Not necessarily a perfect man, but he was a good king. He tried to be wise in his judgements and to be fair to everyone. He believed in w…
Prayer: God, who understands us
Prayer: God, who understands us
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, who understands us God, who understands us as we are, please forgive the foolishness of our behaviour and the wilfulness of our ways. We excuse ourselves by saying we are only human – and we are – but just as our children learn many of their behaviour patterns from u…
Hymn: Now with laser-like precision
Hymn: Now with laser-like precision
by Andrew Pratt
Now with laser-like precision surgeons slice through flesh and bone; sharper yet in moral focus, is the Spirit God will own. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CROSS OF JESUS Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 12/9/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
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