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Understanding God
Understanding God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Understanding God Holy Week Understanding God, when we are faced with disastrous situations, we often have no real idea how to respond. We want to do something – anything – but feel helpless in the face of grief and destruction. At the time of the shock our emotions are i…
God the Father
God the Father
by Chris Goan
God the Father A liturgy for two lead voices, with responses for congregational reading, examining the nature of our Father God, and how we understand the nature of fatherhood. (Voice 1) Our images of fatherhood are shaped by our own experiences, good and bad. How then can we we …
A blessing to bless others
A blessing to bless others
by Richard Steel
Blessing May God the Father keep us safe in His love. Amen. May God the Son walk with us every day. Amen. May God the Holy Spirit give us the strength we need to live for Him. Amen. May the special love of God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with us always. Amen. May God bless u…
Poem: Lost
Poem: Lost
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Lost Lost – one God. Can’t find him anywhere. One direction or another, it doesn’t matter – no God. Is he hiding from me? Has he turned away and has his back to me? Am I lost, or is he? I don’t know. I want to find him. I want to talk to him. I know he will listen carefully…
Prayers of Intercession for Lent 1
Prayers of Intercession for Lent 1
by Christine Dutton
Prayers for others and for ourselves for the first Sunday in Lent. These prayers were written to go alongside a service for the first Sunday in Lent, based on the account of the wilderness experience of Jesus in Luke 4: 1-13. The theme of the reflection is that within the wildern…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 3 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 3 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 3 Isaiah 43.18–25 2 Corinthians 1.18–22 Mark 2.1–12 Our capacity to respond wrongly to God is endless. All three of today’s readings focus primarily on the generosity of God, but they also all have as a backdrop the stubborn stupidity of our response. The miracle that Jes…
Hymn: What does it mean to love our God
Hymn: What does it mean to love our God
by Andrew Pratt
What does it mean to love our God,to see the Christ in those around, to seek God's heaven on this earth, while all around is shaking ground? How can we face the present time of chaos that we meet and find, while Jesus says we need to love with all our soul, our strength and mind?…
What news is good? What words give hope?