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January
January
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: January (the month is named after the Roman god, Janus, whose two faces looked in opposite directions and who was the god of doors, or openings.) At the turning of the year that two-faced Roman god looks longingly back, yet urges us forward into the unknown. We stand at the…
David’s line
David’s line
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: David’s line When David tried to make a house for God – a permanent fixture – a settled resting place – God turned the tables on him, promised him a home and land, safe from his enemies for future generations. For God had always wandered with the people; followed and led th…
Reflection: Responsibility
Reflection: Responsibility
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Responsibility If, in order to make the road straight and level for God to come, we have to fill in the valleys and lower the hills, where will the heralds find a mountain to stand on to proclaim the good news? Or is it that the good news must come first and be shoute…
God, save us
God, save us
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, save us God, save us from our complacency, for in it lies an acceptance that all is well and nothing need change and the world rolls on as it always will. God, remind us that we never know what lies in the future, but we need to be prepared to face it and to face you…
Drama/monologue: John and Jesus
Drama/monologue: John and Jesus
by Marjorie Dobson
I knew he would come. Knew it with every fibre of my being. I’d always known. All my life. It was my reason for coming here. The whole point of my existence. Both of us have been chosen and each of us has a very special mission to complete. My parents had told me the story often.…
I own the sheep