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Prayer: Watchful God
Prayer: Watchful God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Watchful God The prophet Amos warned that it is the everyday deceits – the token observance of the Sabbath, the sharp business practices, the cheating and exploitation of the poor, the selling of poor quality goods – that will be noticed and judged by God and the punishme…
Poem: Respect
Poem: Respect
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Respect Trusting in wealth offers great potential – especially for losing it all and having the foundations of life shaken and shattered. Destroying others for the sake of self-promotion, or to wipe out the opposition offers promise – especially that of perpetual hostility …
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…
Quiet moments
Quiet moments
by Doug Burke
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) Insert as Picture in the normal way. If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in the t…
Simply Jesus - Stories that explain and a message that transforms
Simply Jesus - Stories that explain and a message that transforms
by SPCK - N T Wright
Stories that explain and a message that transforms Jesus, as we saw, had one particular method of explaining what was going on. As part of his campaign, he told stories. Not just any old stories. These stories were, for the most part, not ‘illustrations’, preachers’ tricks to dec…
Lostboy
Lostboy
by Andy Wilcock
Modern Prodigal Son story Once upon a time, there was a son who was bored, bored, bored! He was a such a concern to his dad, because nothing could be found to motivate him. Then one day, out of the blue, his son came bounding in. Full of plans, ideas and excitement. Pleased …
Reflection/Meditation: Determination
Reflection/Meditation: Determination
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/Meditation: Determination You decide to set out on a very important journey. Your destination is a great city, but it is many miles away and you’ll need accommodation along the way. Friends offer to go ahead and set it up for you. They return, absolutely furious, becau…
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit If people looking for the evidence of our faith turn to the church today, what do they see? Is there a danger that they will find indifference, when they need love: moaning and complaining, when they need joy: bickering and back-biting, when …
Poem/Meditation- When despair wrenches the soul