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Wiping out the past
Wiping out the past
by Marjorie Dobson
Wiping out the past Wiping out the past is not an option. History has happened. Regrets alone will not scour the pages clean. The facts are known. Embroidered by memory, or malice, but their significance is plain. Mistakes are made and crimes committed. Errors of judgement cause …
When we look back on our lives
When we look back on our lives
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 25: 1-9 Meditation – When we look back on our lives When we look back on our lives, there are so many mistakes that we have made; so many things that we should have done, but didn’t; times when we deliberately behaved badly; times when we neglected our duty towards others; …
For families
For families
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For families Proper 15 year A Psalm 133 ‘How pleasant it is when kindred live in unity’. Dear God, how often we have thought that way too, but then we have returned to everyday living and realized how many families fall short of that ideal. So we pray for those families t…
Earthquake, wind and fire
Earthquake, wind and fire
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Earthquake, wind and fire Proper 14 year A 1 Kings 19: 9-18 Into the hurricane of life – the rush, the chaos, the bewilderment, the anxiety, uncertainty, the fear of loss, the birth of pain, the failures and fractures of life – God of the still, small voice, whisper your …
Sibling rivalry
Sibling rivalry
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Sibling rivalry Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 25: 18-34 Sibling rivalry can destroy families, schools, communities and even nations. Although we have an idealised image of family life being peace and harmony and sisters and brothers getting along together and fi…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - God's Love, God's Power - In Us
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - God's Love, God's Power - In Us
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s Love, God’s Power – In Us Ephesians 3.14-21 Love and power, power and love: these are the themes of perhaps two-thirds of the novels, plays and poems ever written. The love of power has laid waste continents and empires. The power of love has driven weak people to do powerf…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and Moses