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Times and Seasons - One hundred years ago
Times and Seasons - One hundred years ago
by Marjorie Dobson
One hundred years ago How brave they were, they thought, one hundred years ago. Enthusiastic, full of zeal and ready for the sport, one hundred years ago, they thought. How cheerfully they went, one hundred years ago, as town and village sent their companies of pals hell-bent for…
The Gate
The Gate
by Paul Glass
A meditation on John 10:1-10 Fourth Sunday of Easter The Gate Gates are important aren’t they? The slats of wood, the moss, their very existence points to mystery. Because in fact it’s not so much the gate as what it leads to. The new places. The possibilities. The change in life…
Poem/Meditation-A day to remember
Poem/Meditation-A day to remember
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation : A day to remember? Remember a birth, insignificant coming, disruption, taxation, migration, not homing; except to a stable or some say a cave, foreshadow of future, too imminent grave. This is the day, but three years yet onward. Our dates mix and muddle, confus…
Pentecost Reflection
Pentecost Reflection
by Christine Dutton
These reflections were written for Pentecost worship when the congregation worked in small groups on various ways of working with Acts 2. These were used with a group working with meditative prayer inspired by the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples. Pentecost Reflection T…
friends, FOES and families - Introduction
friends, FOES and families - Introduction
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Introduction Who endowed the heart with wisdom, or gave understanding to the mind? (Job 38.36, NIV 1984) This is a book about relationships, particularly as recounted in the Scriptures. Using both Old and New Testament characters, some less well remembered than others, we will ch…
Reflection on John 17: 1-11
Reflection on John 17: 1-11
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on John 17: 1-11 Ascension John 17: 1-11 Facing the biggest crisis of his life, with friends ready to betray him and enemies waiting to execute him, Jesus still took time to pray. Though he anticipated death, he believed that God’s glory would be shown as death was d…
Gazing up to heaven
Gazing up to heaven
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation: Gazing up into heaven Ascension Acts 1: 1-11 Gazing up into heaven can often seem much safer than coming down to earth. In the heavens there are stars and planets and vast spaces to wonder at. Lost in contemplation, the worries of the world become insignificant and fa…
Am I in debt?