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Monologue/Medidtation: I remember that time of desolation
Monologue/Medidtation: I remember that time of desolation
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Medidtation: I remember that time of desolation I remember that time of desolation. It seemed all colour had drained from the garden, bright flowers looked grey to me. I felt physically heavy. This was no 'Monday morning' feeling. The depression was real, no way could I…
I put the dark on
I put the dark on
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Based on Psalm 139, a reflection I put the dark on! I could hear my daughter playing with the light-pull in my bedroom. After a few minutes her smiling face peered round the bathroom door as she announced, ‘It’s all right, Mummy,…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 18 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 18 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 18 Luke 14: 25-33 Gaze on a woman baking a fruit cake for a celebration. The ingredients take up half a page in the recipe book. She checks them off one by one – butter, sugar, flour, raisins, sultanas, cherries . . . Smell the fruit, and the pungent spices! But she has no…
The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom - From the moment before time began
The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom - From the moment before time began
by Michaela Youngson
First Published in The Weaver, The Word and Wisdom Based on Psalm 139, a Prayer of Adoration From the moment before time began Creator God, Immortal, intimate and imaginative, your breath brings life to all creation, your spark of love is at the heart of each atom: With all creat…
Open with God Book - Time of Crisis1 - concern for the future
Open with God Book - Time of Crisis1 - concern for the future
by Christine Odell
TIME OF CRISIS 1- concern for the future Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Psalm 23 God our Shepherd, we come to you in prayer feeling shaken and afraid because of the future we see gaping before us. We feel we are walking through the valley of deepest darkness.
Open with God Book - Voluntary Work
Open with God Book - Voluntary Work
by Christine Odell
VOLUNTARY WORK Prayers for Various Occasions Reading John 13.12-17 If members are willing, have a display about the voluntary work members do. God our Maker and our Minder, we praise and thank you for giving us this world to be our home and our place of soul-making. We praise and…
POPPIES AND SNOWDROPS - Blessing/Prayer: God holds you through the weeping hours
POPPIES AND SNOWDROPS - Blessing/Prayer: God holds you through the weeping hours
by Marjorie Dobson
Blessing/Prayer: God holds you through the weeping hours God holds you through the weeping hours. God watches through the sleepless nights. God comes into the lonely room. God loves you through your time of loss. God understands and blesses you. ©Marjorie Dobson (first published …
Open with God Book - May - International Day of the Family (May 15)
Open with God Book - May - International Day of the Family (May 15)
by Christine Odell
May – International day of the Family (15 May) Calendar of Prayers Reading Ephesians 3.14-19 God, our heavenly Father and Mother, we thank you for families: for the family of humankind rich in its diversity; for the family of the church, sisters and brothers in Jesus; for our own…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 16 Year C