Category Archives: Prayer

So yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent. Maybe though the weather, power cuts, coughs and colds which have kept sleep at arms length mean Advent had a bumpy start. Maybe leading others through Advent when it feels the furthest thing from your own heart right now is a weight you don’t know how toContinue reading “Slightly crooked already”

Advent and Christmas are fast approaching. We have just had Christ the King Sunday. All too quickly though we forget Christ as King, not just of us but of all peoples and all that was made, as we jump into Advent services, nativity services and encouraging folk to remember the reason for the season. ChristContinue reading “Readying our own hearts”

This is a strange day in the church’s year.  A day caught between the sorrow of Good Friday and the joy of Easter morning.  A day to remember.  A day for reflection for all who are caught in between times.  We have several children’s bibles, and one, the Big Picture Story Bible has a chapterContinue reading “Easter Saturday: Waiting”

What will it mean for you this week to not fear, to trust God, to know that He is good? What will it mean for you this week to lay down your phone and pick up your Bible? What will it mean to let God shape your week and not your diary? What will itContinue reading “Do not fear”

Hi, sorry we have not been active here post Christmas but as with many, family time is important and after many months when you might think we have had enough family time with our immediate family members there is a need to take time for a different pace, to be present to each other andContinue reading “Sometimes hibernation is what is needed”

As final details are put to carol services in their various new formats, congregational needs go on, rumbles still rumble it is hard to sit still. It is hard to create time to sit with God, to dwell with Him and His word? And yet, is there an element in which the busyness of thisContinue reading “Staying still”

What does it mean to sit with nothing?How does it feel when God is silent? Could it just possibly be that God’s silence is not a dry season, an abandonment but invitation from God for us to draw close and sit in the quiet with Him? Could it be that the silence we feel fromContinue reading “Be still and know that I am God”

Sometimes, we find ourselves with little, doubting we have anything to offer, that even our prayers are too small for the needs they represent. Sometimes we may just need to shut our eyes not in prayer but in sleep and rest our bodies and minds. To lean in and trust the words of Romans 8:26.Continue reading “And sometimes we wonder what to say”

There are many riches hidden in the Anglican prayer books. Here is a wonderful prayer set for this Sunday in Advent, that sums up what we pray the Scripture section of this blog will help you to do: BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we mayContinue reading “Prayer for the 2nd Sunday in Advent”