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John and Jesus Isaiah’s words were ringing out As John called out ‘Prepare the way’ For one who would come who was greater than he, How Moses had longed to see His day. Clad with a garment of camel hair, John’s special ministry had begun, His call to repent and be baptised Announcing the coming...

A prayer for the lonely and lost Heavenly Father, Thank you for loving us. So many people feel lonely and isolated and unloved today. In a culture that values I above all things, help us to look beyond our i- phones and i- pads and selfies. Help us to see with your eyes, to love...

Beautiful Days (Hebrews 13:5) Lord, it’s a beautiful day sun shining, birds singing, blossom and flowers at their best. I’m thankful, but so, so lonely, so, so sad. Summer doesn’t fill the gap, it widens it. Smiles and shorts and sun-cream, the holiday plans of others magnify my loss. Lord help me, please. Restore my...

A Grace We bless thee, Lord, for this our food For life and health and every good May we, more blest than we deserve Live less for self and more to serve. Anon

(Acts 2) From prophecy to fulfilment, from fear to courage, from confusion to conviction, from despair to certain hope, from head to heart, from longing to knowing, from weakness to strength, from paralysis to power. What a difference a day makes – The Day of Pentecost when the Spirit came and everything was different and...

Father, Thank you for sending Jesus to be one of us and to show us how you want us to live. Thank you that He chose to live for us and to die for us. Thank you that when He returned to you, He didn’t leave us to flounder but sent us His Spirit to...

The tax collector had climbed a tree Trying to see what it was all about ‘Come down Zaccheus, I’ll eat at your house’, And Zaccheus’ life was turned inside out. Simon the Pharisee invited the Lord And at the meal a woman came in, With tears and perfume she anointed His feet And Jesus responded...

When we opt not to vote We ought to take note That it’s not been forever like this; Not that long ago It would have been so That we’d have to give voting a miss! Unless we were rich With cloth of gold stitch A Lord or a Peer of the Land A country Esquire...

(from Isaiah 60) Rise and shine – your light has come! Glory of the rising sun! See! God bids us all to shine With the countenance divine! For the earth in darkness lies Hear the lost benighted cries. See! God’s glory now appears! Comfort to the nations’ tears! Raise your eyes and look about! Hear...

O Lord, grant that we may not be like porridge Stiff, stodgy and hard to stir But like cornflakes:  crisp, fresh and ready to serve.   Anon

Lord, grant me a simple, kind, open, believing, loving and generous heart, worthy of being your dwelling- place.     By John Sergieff, Russian priest, 1829 – 1908

(John 20: 19-23) Locked in, afraid, Uncertain, even after Mary’s story, even after that behind closed doors seemed safest, on the first day of the week, in the evening. And then, the world changed. He was with us! Suddenly and wonderfully with us. Jesus, our Lord, alive and with us in a new and completing...