Anglican Missions asked me to write new prayers for three particular topics they named. These have just been published in their Partners in Prayer 2009 prayer diary. Here they are reproduced: Vestry (or any other meeting) Let us pray (in silence) for this (vestry) meeting. Silent prayer God of wisdom, you send your Spirit to
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Luke 5:27-32 Jesus Calls Levi 27 After this he went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ 28And he got up, left everything, and followed him. 29
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Regulars here will know I recently became active on twitter. Last night I asked: “What does the word “God” mean to you? Yes – you only have 140 characters.” This morning I awake to answers that are profound, thought-provoking, encouraging, delightful. And also the excellent suggestion that I collate them here on my site. Even
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Matthew 9:10-17 10 And as he sat at dinner* in the house, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were sitting* with him and his disciples. 11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher
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Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading Luke 9:18-25 Peter’s Declaration about Jesus 18 Once when Jesus* was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say that I am?’ 19They answered, ‘John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and
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Some Light reLief in Lent
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I have been requested to produce badges through the liturgical seasons. I have again been requested for a Lent badge. Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge to their website or blog. For ease, you can pick up the HTML on the home page (I’m struggling to get it correct here
Read – reflect – respond (in prayer, silence, possibly a comment) Lectio Divina – sacred reading A reading from the gospel according to Matthew Chapter 6 beginning at verse 1. 6:1 “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in
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