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Poem: Bread
Poem: Bread
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Bread They’d eaten bread in the desert, just like their ancestors. It had provided food for them in their need, as it had done so many years before. So is that all they wanted? Not entirely. No. History repeated itself. Bread and fishes were not enough to satisfy them., jus…
Prayers of Intercession for Lent 1
Prayers of Intercession for Lent 1
by Christine Dutton
Prayers for others and for ourselves for the first Sunday in Lent. These prayers were written to go alongside a service for the first Sunday in Lent, based on the account of the wilderness experience of Jesus in Luke 4: 1-13. The theme of the reflection is that within the wildern…
Monologue/Meditation: Crawling round at the bottom of the barrel
Monologue/Meditation: Crawling round at the bottom of the barrel
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Meditation: Crawling round at the bottom of the barrel Crawling round at the bottom of the barrel. Hungry. And the barrel was empty. And now I have splinters in my knees. Who was it who said that from the gutter the only is up? 'Above us only sky'? My sky is clouded. Ho…
Prayer: Our rock and refuge
Prayer: Our rock and refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Our rock and refuge In a world where there are so many uncertainties; where countries are torn by conflict and power struggles; where terrorism and crime strike indiscriminately; where economies are failing and unemployment is high; where flood, earthquake, fire, or other…
Prayers of Intercession for the Second Sunday in Lent
Prayers of Intercession for the Second Sunday in Lent
by Christine Dutton
Prayers of Intercession for the Second Sunday in Lent These prayers were written to go alongside a service for the Second Sunday in Lent, based on the gospel passage in Luke 13: 31-35. I was particularly struck by the words in verse 34: ‘How many times have I wanted to put my arm…
Prayer: Generous and caring God
Prayer: Generous and caring God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Generous and caring God Generous and caring God, we come to you in answer to your invitation to satisfy our thirst for knowledge and our hunger for your love and guidance. We come because you have promised to be faithful to us and we promise to try to live in a way that r…
Hymn: When we are living, yet lost and forsaken
Hymn: When we are living, yet lost and forsaken
by Andrew Pratt
When we are living, yet lost and forsaken, held in the balance, both tested and tried, God hear the voice of your people in anguish, drawn from the well of our grief as we cried. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STREEETS OF LAREDO Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 12/9…
Monologue: Temptation – Hungry wasn't in it!
Monologue: Temptation – Hungry wasn't in it!
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: Temptation – Hungry wasn't in it! Hungry wasn't in it. I'd decided to fast. Not forty days. Twenty four hours. The first hour was the worst and the other hours were not even that good! All I could think of was chocolate and chips. Not on the same plate. I mean, anythin…
Such temptation, human challenge
Such temptation, human challenge
by Andrew Pratt
Such temptation, human challenge: every day and every night, in the desert, feeling hungry – wrong confronted with God’s right. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: SUSSEX Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/2/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any …
Prayer: God of the church