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Prayers for Lent
Prayers for Lent
by John Birch
"It is customary, Lord to give something up during the season of Lent What would you have me do without? I who have so much........." A couple of prayers for use during the season of Lent. This item will download as 09110711121598.doc Extract: Forty days alone, a wilderness of th…
Lent Liturgy 1
Lent Liturgy 1
by John Birch
A liturgy for the first Sunday in Lent (or simply as part of the Lent season) with responsive prayer and a reading for up to 3 people. Love has its source in you Creator God Flows from you like an ocean into a world as unyielding as any shoreline cliff And like the ocean which ba…
Lent Liturgy 5
Lent Liturgy 5
by John Birch
A liturgy of prayer for the fifth Sunday in Lent (or throughout the Lent season), with responsive prayer and a reading for two or three readers. In our waking and arising be the first thought that enters our head In our eating and drinking be the first thought that enters our hea…
Lent Liturgy 4
Lent Liturgy 4
by John Birch
A liturgy of prayer for the fourth Sunday in Lent (or throughout the Lent season), with responsive prayer and a reading for two or three readers. Into the daily cycle of our lives when all seems well with us and with the world when our yoke is easy and the burden light You break …
A laser like tongue used when speaking God's word
A laser like tongue used when speaking God's word
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: A laser like tongue used when speaking God’s word Second Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 49: 1 – 7; John 1: 29 – 42 A laser like tongue used when speaking God’s word, an arc-light to shine through the crass or absurd. The prophet had spoken of just such a voice, embodied in Jo…
A time to reconsider
A time to reconsider
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany 3 year A Isaiah 9: 1 - 4; Matthew 4: 12 – 23 Hymn: A time to reconsider A time to reconsider, to pause, to reassess; when crisis comes with challenge, how can God come to bless? And yet a light is shining, we cannot understand that at this time of turning God sharpens wh…
Advent prayer
Advent prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
A prayer linking John the Baptist's message with the birth of Jesus. There is excitement in the air. This is the season of anticipation. For many, it is in the fairytale magic of Father Christmas. For us, it is because we are waiting to celebrate a birth. Continues... (First publ…
Failure–Reflection on John 1:29-42
Failure–Reflection on John 1:29-42
by Marjorie Dobson
Failure – Reflection on John 1:29-42 If John had decided not to take on the role of Baptist, there would have been no noisy wilderness prophet to gaze at in amazement and to challenge supposedly God-fearing folk about lifestyle and commitment. Who would have baptised Jesus then a…
Meditation - 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A