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The Monastery Of The Heart - 13 Good Work
The Monastery Of The Heart - 13 Good Work
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Good Work “When they live by the labour of their hands, then they are really monastics.” Prayer and contemplation, Benedict is clear, are no substitute for work. Nor are they an excuse to detach ourselves from the holy act of human responsibility for making the world go round… Ta…
Poem: John Newton
Poem: John Newton
by Antonia Saunders
A poem about John Newton, the lyricist of Amazing Grace John Newton A slave trader for many years, Upon th’ Atlantic sea, With no remorse or guilt or tears For mine precious bounty. We packed the men in tiny cells, Their feet and hands in chains. Four feet each man, a living hell…
Gracious and forgiving God
Gracious and forgiving God
by Marjorie Dobson
2nd Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 Prayer: Gracious and forgiving God Gracious and forgiving God, we come to you to pray for those people who have a longing to start life all over again. We pray for ….. those people who have spoken hastily and wish they could take the words back; tho…
Hymn: Sometimes when standing on the brink
Hymn: Sometimes when standing on the brink
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes when standing on the brink we know that we are wrong and while we have the power to change, we sing a different song. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: BANGOR (Tans’ur) Metre: CM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 9/2/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
God laughs at foolish schemes and plans
God laughs at foolish schemes and plans
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God laughs at foolish schemes and plans Last Sunday before Lent year A Psalm 2; 2 Peter 1:16-21 God laughs at foolish schemes and plans and sets the heavens shaking, so those who act outside God’s love, in truth, should now be quaking. A potter who has spoilt a vase may br…
We justify the things we do