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Open with God Book - Disaster - natural
Open with God Book - Disaster - natural
by Christine Odell
DISASTER - natural Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Psalm 46.1-7 Creator God, we want to offer you our praise but when we try to picture your creation instead of wondering at its beauty we are appalled at sights of the death and destruction caused by the …. (disaster) in …. …
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: The Mighty One has done great things for me (Advent 4C) Reflection accompanying image “The mighty one has done great things for me” And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favour on the …
Prayer: Loving Father God
Prayer: Loving Father God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Loving Father God Loving Father, God, we offer you the love and respect that you deserve. We know that we cannot be perfect and we recognize that we miss the mark of obeying your commandments, but we also know that you are a loving and caring God and that we are all your …
Imagining the Lectionary: Faith needs sharpening daily on the grindstone of love (Proper 9A / Ordinary 14A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Faith needs sharpening daily on the grindstone of love (Proper 9A / Ordinary 14A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Faith needs sharpening daily on the grindstone of love (Proper 9A / Ordinary 14A) Text to accompany image “Faith needs sharpening daily on the grindstone of love” Faith gets blunt very easily and very quickly, almost without our noticing that it is…
How easy to distort the Jesus Spirit
How easy to distort the Jesus Spirit
by Andrew Pratt
How easy to distort the Jesus Spirit, to lose his ways in empty, so called, praise. We brush aside his life of liberation, commitment, just a hollow passing phase. Astonishment might greet the face we offer, purporting to portray the grace of Christ, our frowns sometimes betray t…
Hymn: Beginning with blessing
Hymn: Beginning with blessing
by Andrew Pratt
Beginning with blessing and bounded with praise where earth touches heaven, the birth of new days. A waiting would follow, the Spirit would come, and those who still followed were acting as one. Verse 2 follows Tune: PADERBORN Metre: 11.11.11.11 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words ©…
Mother us gently, Father us lightly
Mother us gently, Father us lightly
by Andrew Pratt
Poem/Prayer: Mother us gently, Father us lightly Mothering Sunday Mother us gently, Father us lightly, God of our being, ground of our care; comfort our grieving, help our believing, graceful and loving, teach us to share. Hold and enfold us, parent with purpose, …
Prophets challenge words and actions
Prophets challenge words and actions
by Andrew Pratt
Prophets challenge words and actions, things we do and things say, lift the veil and prompt the conscience, show our deeds the light of day. Verses 2-3 follow Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 19/1/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any re…
You cannot put a price on love
You cannot put a price on love
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: You cannot put a price on love Proper 13 year A Isaiah 55: 1 – 5 You cannot put a price on love, the taste of milk and honey, the things that really are of worth, you cannot buy with money. The riches that we save and hoard will, in the end, be worthless, God calls us to a …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Third Sunday Before Advent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Third Sunday Before Advent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday Before Advent Job 19.23–7a 2 Thessalonians 2.1–5, 13–17 Luke 20.27–38 The book of Job has always inspired strong feelings – hardly surprising, as its themes are suffering and justice. At the heart of the many paradoxes that belief in the God of the Bible presents…
A prayer for healing
A prayer for healing
by John Birch
A prayer on a theme of healing. Extract: When I pray for healing, Lord I sometimes feel so inadequate ill-equipped for the task. There are so many I could name who are in need of healing. There are those who hurt physically and others whose hurts go deeper whose scars cannot be…
Eggs and Ashes PPT - 5th in Lent Yr A