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Great God your love has held our lives
Great God your love has held our lives
by Andrew Pratt
Great God your love has held our lives through all the years down to this day. Your constant presence held us fast: remain with us we plead and pray. We've sen the ruins left by war, the tumbled buildings, street by street; some heard the voices that they loved and cried for thos…
If all the world could live as one
If all the world could live as one
by Andrew Pratt
If all the world could live as one If all the world could live as one respecting each and every need, to be as neighbours sharing all, then God’s commands could be our creed. Much less a law to bind and tie, but more descriptive of the life we share in common care and love, where…
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 10 Social Justice (Chapter 7)
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 10 Social Justice (Chapter 7)
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
Social Justice The emphatic embrace of the Incarnation leads Celtic saints, poets, theologians, and missionaries to strongly voice the social import of the gospel… Taken from Celtic Christian Spirituality by Annotation by Mary C. Earle
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Acquire Truth Don't Sell It
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Acquire Truth Don't Sell It
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Acquire Truth Don't Sell It As we were walking toward our car after a concert, we passed a store front where a man was working a Heidelberg letterpress printing machine. It was odd because it was 10 p.m. and because I didn’t think anyone printed that way nowadays and because the …
The Edge of Glory - Introduction
The Edge of Glory - Introduction
by SPCK - David Adam
Introduction Whoever wrote St Patrick’s Breastplate, has certainly caught the essence of Celtic prayer. Patrick, arising in the morning and turning his thoughts to God, taking to himself the whole armour of God. As he laced up his tunic or the cross bands on his legs, he had his …
Imagine now in your mind’s eye,
Imagine now in your mind’s eye,
by Andrew Pratt
Imagine now in your mind’s eye, a sky with clouds, light shining through, a river shimmers in the sun, a crowd is coming into view. A prophet stands within the surge, the waters rolling smoothly by, and one by one the people hear, and one by one they catch John’s eye. Verses 2-3 …
Hymn: He felt exhausted, worn and drained
Hymn: He felt exhausted, worn and drained
by Andrew Pratt
He felt exhausted, worn and drained, his muscles and his mind were taut. He needed solitude and rest from pressures that his care had brought. He needed time to set aside the burdens that he chose to hold. To find again God's peace and grace, to warm a heart that might grow cold.…
We read of cultures from the past
We read of cultures from the past
by Andrew Pratt
We read of cultures from the past where slaves were normal, commonplace. Today we look with different eyes, to keep a slave would bring disgrace. Yet people still are caught and sold, removed from family and friends, then bought, mistreated and abused. For them life’s horror neve…
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 4 Creation (Chapter 1)
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 4 Creation (Chapter 1)
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
1 Creation The Celtic Christian tradition distinctively regards the creation as intimately related to humankind. We all come from the same Source, and therefore have a shared origin in God, who speaks all that exists into being. This sense of the natural world being full of kith …
Hymn: Imagine people gathered round
Hymn: Imagine people gathered round
by Andrew Pratt
Imagine people gathered round, the day was warm, the sun was low. The mist was rising from the lake, the mood was holy, lowly, slow. Toward the evening they had come, expectant, waiting for his word. The day was long, they rested tired, and looking, his compassion stirred. Verses…
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 3 Introduction
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 3 Introduction
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
Introduction Some twenty-five years ago, when I was finishing up my seminary training and wondering what had happened to my prayer life, one of my mentors, Dr. V. Nelle Bellamy, returned from a trip to England with a gift book for me. Titled Celtic Prayers and embellished with il…
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