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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (38) HARVEST
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (38) HARVEST
by SPCK - John Pritchard
Harvest presents particular problems and opportunities. The traditional harvest festival locks into our rural nostalgia but may leave us feeling strangely disconnected from everyday concerns rather than fundamentally integrated into earthy realities, as it would have done in prev…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (39) REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (39) REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
by SPCK - John Pritchard
Interestingly, the annual act of remembrance seems to be gaining in impact in recent years. Perhaps it’s because those who have direct memories are becoming fewer in number and we realize what we’re in danger of losing the connection...
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (42) PRAYER TREE
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (42) PRAYER TREE
by SPCK - John Pritchard
The visual impact of a small, bare ‘tree’ can be considerable. Like a Christmas tree, it can be the bearer of our prayers, and the act of writing and hanging a prayer on the tree can be a satisfying way of participating in prayer for all ages...
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (50) INCENSE
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (50) INCENSE
by SPCK - John Pritchard
Why should this splendid aid to prayer only be used by one tradition in the Church? The idea of prayer rising like incense and leaving an aroma of sanctity is deeply rooted in Jewish practice in the Old Testament and is an image used by St Paul of the lives of Christians…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (68) FILES OF PRAYERS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (68) FILES OF PRAYERS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
Two types of files may be particularly helpful as we take intercession more seriously. Of course the very idea of a file probably implies a certain kind of personality type – for some this will be hopelessly over-organized!…
Psalms for Everyone - The God Present in Jerusalem Is Also Present in the Wilderness