• Season of Creation “Opening” prayer

    An embodied prayer, suitable for all ages, best done as a chant of three repetitions, has a seasonal feel to it God of Creation,let us be grounded in your love,reaching up and out as your people,open to your Spirit like leaves to the sun. A slow, circular movement as the chant progressesfrom touching the groundto…

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  • Prayer: a space between

    A “sermon” on The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:1-13 If only it was that easy: people giving good gifts to neighbours in need and to their children according to their requests –  “For everyone who asks receives; ​the one who seeks finds;and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” But much of…

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  • Prayers for praying

    Prayers for praying

    This is the opening for my service on the Lord’s Prayer last week which created space for a variety of prayer forms for people to experience. #breathprayer #imaginativeprayer #confession #visiodivina Breath prayer “So I say to you:Ask and it will be given to you;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to…

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  • #leadership #appreciation #community-building #ElijahI was recently inducted into a new placement as a congregational minister in Newcastle. It’s been nearly two years since JPUC has had a full-time ministry agent, and they have had to think creatively to sustain their worship life, as well as their ministry and mission. When we did the maths, there…

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  • #from the personal experience of one who learns by making mistakes #funny A little light-hearted post in a quiet moment on a busy day – sparked by yellow LEGO man whose parable is yet to be written but continues to expand:

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