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  • Prayer: a space between

    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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  • #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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  • Betrothal rites

    for inclusion in a service of worshipGraham and I wrote these simple words to be used within the “community-building” portion of a regular Sunday service (i.e. after the notices and Prayers of the People) so that we could express our commitment to one another before the community of faith who will accompany us in this

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  • A Prayer for Wonder: Seeing God’s Glory in Our Lives

    In his book, “Story“, Steven James writes: You clothe yourself with daylight.You wrap the stars around your waist.Crickets chirp from the folds of your garments,Grizzlies growl from the deep pockets of your evening robe.Where do you set me upon yourself?Am I an earring, dangling in the moonlight?Am I a necklace, flashing by your breast?Where do

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  • I will praise you, Beautiful God

    A response to Psalm 8 When life is good and my heart feels glad I will praise You, beautiful God. When life is dull and every day feels the same I will praise You, beautiful God. When I feel hopeful and all seems to be falling into place perfectly I will praise You, beautiful God.

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