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Illness and Incarnation
My feet have been up for most of today. I had some minor surgery yesterday, and if I stand for too long, my bruised big toes start to throb. Did Jesus’ side wound throb when he had walked for too long? When he reached Emmaus was he holding on to the flesh above his hip,…
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A Prayer for Sunday 13th September 2020
Joy. Often fleeting. Often desired. Often missed. Spirit of Joy, stir in our hearts today and always. Lead us to moments of Joy throughout our daily experience, and highlight them as they appear. Raise our eyes from the dimness and the tears, the frustrations and the fear, to the moments of clarity and the seconds…
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But Do You Believe?
It’s been a big week here. My eldest child started High School. With 6 months of lockdown, limited transition, ASC and change being a big trigger, I had been rather dreading it! We had put lots of plans in place, worked mega hard to prepare him, and had lots of support from both schools involved.…
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Zoomin’ to the Lord
Yesterday I experienced my first ‘Zoom’ church service. It was a 15 year anniversary celebration of a Fresh Expression church my husband had been involved in for some years. Many of the friendships seeded in that church are still important to us now so, despite me hating zoom, being half asleep from a three hour…
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Prayers for Sunday 6th September 2020
God, we thank you for you for this time of Autumn, as September brings a new cycle of terms, seasons and courses. A time to pause. A time to reflect. A time to consider what truly matters. A time to tune in to what is really driving us. A time to gather our strength for…
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Unity but at What Cost?
Another week, another dispute on church twitter, this time about an advert for a position for a leader in a religious organisation stating a genuine occupational requirement for the occupant to be a man. Why? Because there will be people under the remit of the role who cannot take leadership from a woman because of…
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