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Prayer for Sunday 7th February 2021
Today, God, the only prayer I can offer is one of salty tears, a sore throat and a weary soul. But that’s ok. I know you treasure those ones too. Amen. Peace be with you
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A Prayer for Sunday 31st January 2021
God of Hope, when there is little to be found, we look to you this day. We look to you the week the UK passed 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, a grim milestone unimaginable at the start, and wholly preventable. So much lost hope, despair and anguish. Reignite in us the…
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A Prayer for Sunday 24th January 2021
God of Justice, God of Hope, we look to you today. Thank you for those who work tirelessly to bring justice and restoration to your people here on earth. Those who do so quietly, in foodbanks and rape crisis centres. Those who do so loudly on TV interviews and social…
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A Prayer for Sunday 17th January 2021
God who sees all we do, think and are, we lay all our efforts before you today. When all seems futile and the bigger picture seems overwhelming, may we keep on walking our unique path with You. When our work is criticised and our products rebuked, when our motives questioned…
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A Prayer for Sunday 10th January 2021
What a messy world we live in God. Yet as the snow falls, what beauty I see. As we reflect on a week of violence, shocked by scenes of terrorism, angered that it has not been called out as such, and dismayed at the injustice our brothers and sisters arrested…
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A Prayer for Sunday 3rd January 2021
God, Spirit, Jesus, bring us life at the dawn of this new year. As we look forward to better times while acknowledging we are still living through very tough days; God, Spirit, Jesus, bring us life at the dawn of this new year. As we hold on to you as…
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The Stark Reality
One of the blessings I find each year after the chaos of Christmas is time to read the pile of books I have generally accrued that year. This Boxing Day I pulled ‘Bad Theology Kills’ (one of my birthday stack) off the shelf and idly began flicking, but by page…
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A Prayer for Christmas Day 2020
Welcome, Jesus, as a babe you came. Today we remember. We pause and remember the gift of hope, packaged in a simple child. When all is too big, complex and frustrating, help us to look for the simple hope, and the hope of the small and simple. We pause and…
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A Prayer for Sunday 20th December 2020
Light brings hope in the darkness. We wait for that light now, o God. Light reveals what was always there but we could not see. We seek that revelation, o God. Light warms the space it touches and blesses it with life. Enliven us now, o God. Light lifts what…
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Truths Hurt
“What you say is hurtful. How you say it is hurtful. Your tone is not helpful. You don’t deal with things properly. There are ways and means. If you go around hurting people, you won’t get anywhere.” All of these comments are reflections I have received and sat with, all…
Deconstructing Church 