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For Night's Silent Hours
For Night's Silent Hours
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn is based on a traditional prayer in the night-time office of Compline. Compline is the final Church service (or office) in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The named is derived from the Latin completorium, as Compline marks the completion of the day.
Psalms for Everyone - The God of Atonement and the God of the Harvest
Psalms for Everyone - The God of Atonement and the God of the Harvest
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The God of Atonement and the God of the Harvest Psalm 65 A lively but respectable-looking student was telling me her life story. She had reacted against a Christian upbringing while she was at college and (among other things) had become involved with drugs and with a guy who was …
Poem: Children of God
Poem: Children of God
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Children of God The Law was a protection for the Jews. Stay within it, where all is regulated and secure, and nothing could harm them. Children they were, but children of the Law, bound by its restrictions and ever-expanding trivialities. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Naming a child
Reflection: Naming a child
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Naming a child The naming of a child is a very serious business, though some take it very lightly. Pity the child named after all the players in his father’s favourite football team; or the girl who finds her first name making some ludicrous combination with the surna…
Poem: Revival
Poem: Revival
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Revival In those times when things always appear to be going wrong and God seems far away, or it might be possible that God is angry with behaviour or broken promises – in those times, the longing for a revival of spirits and a renewal of purpose seems but a distant vision.…
Prayer: God of mercy and grace
Prayer: God of mercy and grace
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God of mercy and grace God of mercy and grace, we know that we can come to you each morning to bring our requests and our prayers to lay them before you. We are astounded at your great mercy, for we know how your standards for our behaviour are so high and yet you are pre…
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing and Compassion