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Prayer: Perceptive God
Prayer: Perceptive God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Perceptive God Perceptive God, you know our thoughts and our behaviour. You know when we are sincere and when we are deceiving ourselves. We try to do what is right. We try to live blameless lives. We believe and have confidence in you. We worship and praise you. So we tr…
Breathe love into lives ruled by fear
Breathe love into lives ruled by fear
by John Birch
Breathe love into lives ruled by fear Soften hearts that are hardened by pride Whisper gently to those bound by chains Sow peace where conflict divides A selection of John's short prayers have been grouped together in to one download - 'Four Line Prayers'. Taken from 'A God …
What would you do?
What would you do?
by Marjorie Dobson
Matthew 21: 23-32 Reflection / Drama – What would you do? If you were a pillar of the local community, or church, would you be very happy if some big, hairy, loud-mouthed bloke accused you of being incompetent, hypocritical, corrupt and lacking in all sense of responsibility? If …
LWPT Meditations - Remembrance Sunday
LWPT Meditations - Remembrance Sunday
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Remembrance Sunday We approach Remembrance Sunday with ambivalent feelings. No right-minded person enjoys war; we all know the cost in lives, devastated cities, ruined landscapes and grief. We know about “collateral damage”, the indiscriminate slaughter, the unintend…
Hymn: That's it, we're humbled, on our knees
Hymn: That's it, we're humbled, on our knees
by Andrew Pratt
That's it, we're humbled, on our knees. God listen to our heartfelt pleas, for you are God and we are not, our pride has got us in a knot. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ARIZONA; CALM (Dykes); COUTANCES (mv); FULDA Metre: LM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 27/9/2012 Stainer & Bell Lt…
Hymn: Where James and John had asked to stand
Hymn: Where James and John had asked to stand
by Andrew Pratt
Where James and John had asked to stand two criminals would hang, one on the left, one on the right, while passing crowds harangue. They did not know the consequence of what they asked that day, that those who sided with this man might die the self-same way. Verses 3-4 follow Tun…
Some king, who hangs as others taunt
Some king, who hangs as others taunt
by Andrew Pratt
Some king, who hangs as others taunt, and sling their insults fuelled with hate. Here love was nailed as blood was drained, this was no sordid trick of fate. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ABENDS; WINCHESTER NEW Metre: LM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 11/11/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd,…
52 Reflections on Faith - Repentance: saying you’re sorry
52 Reflections on Faith - Repentance: saying you’re sorry
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Repentance: saying you’re sorry One of the most popular songs of the 1970s was ‘Sorry seems to be the hardest word’ by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It featured on Elton’s Blue Moves album and came out as a single in 1976…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 12 Nourishment
The Monastery Of The Heart - 12 Nourishment
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Nourishment “Nothing is so inconsistent with the life of the monastic as overindulgence.” The seeker’s ideal is to be “in the world but not of it”- to be like everyone else but different where it counts. For those who seek to define this other quality of life by membership in a M…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - JESUS WASHES the DISCIPLES FEET
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - JESUS WASHES the DISCIPLES FEET
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
JESUS WASHES the DISCIPLES FEET The curtain rises on Act Two of John’s drama, yet slowly. Now that the ‘hour’ has finally come, time slows down. Act One and the interlude (chs. 1—12) have taken over two years, with two previous Passovers (2:13; 6:4). Act Two (chs. 13—19) covers j…
Poem/dramatic reading: Consequences
Poem/dramatic reading: Consequences
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/dramatic reading: Consequences (this piece could be performed as a stand-alone poem; but it could also be used with several voices taking the parts of the girl, the lady/wife, the man/general, the prophet, the advisor and a narrator reading lines 10 and 16) One young girl,…
God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear
God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1 – 2: 4a; Psalm 8 God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear, before all creation the Spirit was there; then spanning all history God moved through the earth gave life for the living,…
Hymn: Our call: to prophesy with love
Hymn: Our call: to prophesy with love
by Andrew Pratt
Our call: to prophesy with love, within a hostile place to walk with rebels, challenge thieves, where hate and greed debase; to face political intrigue where boundaries are blurred, where wrong can masquerade as right, and yet, not be deterred. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CLAUDIUS (F…
Hymn: We read our Bibles well