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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…
Prayer: Gracious God
Prayer: Gracious God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Gracious God Gracious God, we know that we can come to you at any time, but we especially need your help in times of suffering, or trouble. So we come to you today to bring our prayers and thoughts for all those who are troubled, or who are suffering – (reflect on current…
GOD's rich Pattern - A new way of communicating
GOD's rich Pattern - A new way of communicating
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A new way of communicating The media attention that I have just mentioned took me to places of which I would never have dreamt. A friend, who had multiple sclerosis, ran a regional branch of the Muriel Braddick Foundation. This provided taped music, Christian thought and personal…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Character Of Love
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Character Of Love
by SPCK - N T Wright
3 THE GREAEST OF THE VIRTUES THE CHARACTER OF LOVE 1 Corinthians 13: 1-7 When people say, as they sometimes do, that Paul must have been a very difficult person to have around – that he seems to have been awkward, cantankerous, argumentative, and generally an unpleasant character…
Reflection/poem: Questioning the Psalm
Reflection/poem: Questioning the Psalm
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/poem: Questioning the Psalm If God’s law is so loveable, why do so many people find it impossible to live by it? If God’s law gives the power to defeat the enemy, why do so many people suffer for their beliefs? If God’s law grants superior knowledge, why do so many peo…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - A son introducing his father
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - A son introducing his father
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
A son introducing his father Why read a diary kept by a man who lived three-quarters of a century ago? Because it is a diary of a man’s walk with God. That man—Frank C. Laubach, my father— kept this diary at a time when his life was at its most discouraging depth...
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 64:6-7, 10
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 64:6-7, 10
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 64:6-7, 10 The fate of the enemy in the psalms is an inescapable motif and a problem for many. The origin of evil and sin has perplexed the human mind since the days of Adam and Eve. The sad truth is that, whatever the cause, the human heart can secretly harbour in its dept…
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
by David Middleton
Meditation – 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A The frightening shopkeeper! Matthew 5: 38-48 I don’t know what it is, I just feel so intimidated by her; there’s something about the way she looks at me, she makes me cringe every time I talk to her; then she snaps at me and I shrin…
friends, FOES and families - And she lived with her mother-in-law: Ruth and Naomi
friends, FOES and families - And she lived with her mother-in-law: Ruth and Naomi
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
And she lived with her Mother-in-law: Ruth and Naomi Ruth God our Mother, bless the brave, the compassionate, the steadfast women of our world. Give them refuge under your wings and the assurance that they are cared for...
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Meditation - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
by David Middleton
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B My Son, my son 2 Samuel 18: 33 Ephesians 5: 1-2 John 6: 51 David went up to his room and burst into tears. “My son, my son; if only I could have died instead of you! I told them to be kind to you I told them not to harm you. They did…
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent year C
Meditation - 4th Sunday in Lent year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday in Lent Year C The Father’s Love Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32 His father just couldn’t wait: He saw his son coming from far off, Nothing was going to stop him, He’d been waiting a long time for this moment... created by David Middleton on behalf of LWPT (Leaders o…
GOD's rich Pattern - A fine romance
GOD's rich Pattern - A fine romance
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A fine romance My life was to take a dramatic turn in a way I could never have expected. I had had a client referred to me for bereavement counselling. We had shared nineteen hours. In that time he had gone through many emotions, talking about his late wife, who had died six mont…
GOD's rich Pattern - A new career