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Poem/meditation: Be still
Poem/meditation: Be still
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation: Be still When, in the stillness a storm threatens; the air becomes heavy, the clouds gather and the atmosphere is crackling with anticipated destruction: hear these words – be still and know that I am God. When, in the stillness, all is quiet and there is no one …
Reflection/poem: Psalm 29
Reflection/poem: Psalm 29
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/poem: Psalm 29 Never did like thunder. Someone told me that thunderbolts could get in through open windows, so our windows were shut tight during storms. Someone else fed me horror stories about lightning setting houses on fire and the noise of thunder causing heart at…
GOD's rich Pattern - Coming out of the darkness
GOD's rich Pattern - Coming out of the darkness
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
Coming out of the darkness Blindness makes you draw on inner resources and get in touch with the world around you in a different way. Sound is all important. Music can be a wonderful comforter, enabling one to get on a higher spiritual plane. My first introduction to classical mu…
Reflection/monologue: God and Nineveh
Reflection/monologue: God and Nineveh
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/monologue: God and Nineveh God must have loved Nineveh. Look how much trouble he took to save it. The right man had to be sent, but what happened when God told him to get on with it? Jonah said, ‘No fear! I’m not going near the place. I’m off in the other direction as …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday before Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday before Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday Before Lent Genesis 2.4b–9, 15–25 Revelation 4 Luke 8.22–5 If you go straight from today’s Genesis reading to the reading from Revelation, you could almost imagine that the history of God’s relations with people had been one of unbroken communion. From the intim…
Intercessions Years A, B and C - Proper 14 Year A
Intercessions Years A, B and C - Proper 14 Year A
by SPCK - Ian Black
Proper 14 Year A Give thanks to the Lord Call upon his name. Lord, it is you who comes when we cry out in storm-tossed moments. Reach out to your Church when sight of the strong wind brings fear… Open our ears to hear you say ‘take heart’…
embodying mark - 2 Following the Teacher
embodying mark - 2 Following the Teacher
by SPCK - meda a a stamper
2 Following the Teacher The teacher and the secret If someone were to ask us what springs to mind when we consider Jesus’ teaching, we might first think of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount or Luke’s memorable parables of the prodigal son and the good Samaritan or John’s discourses o…
Through all the trees in forest, copse and wood
Through all the trees in forest, copse and wood
by Avis Palmer
Through all the trees in forest, copse and wood, Through Autumn leaves and Spring held in the bud, We see your beauty, know that it is good; Alleluia, Alleluia. When trees are still upon a Summer's day, Gazing, we sense the grace which they convey, And contemplating find we're ta…
Simply Jesus - The Perfect Storm