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Stone-throwing Prayer for help and healing Saul and David The Table Hunger for God ** Stone-throwing (John 8:1-11) A familiar scene … Crowds of people with strong views, clamouring, demanding their way, intolerant of others who made different mistakes, different choices. A raucous, intimidating, egocentric baying for action. A familiar scene… Where is the love?...

Simeon Have Pity on Me Trumpets A Treasured Heart Love The Grace of God The Three protect thee The Leap Year ** Simeon (Luke 2:25-35) The waiting and the wondering are over, He is here, Revealed by the Spirit. By the Spirit filled and led I come, With my own arms to hold Him, With...

Wise Men A prayer for Love God’s hands   The Turning of the Year The Joys of January! Dedicating the ‘wild waves’ of 2020 to God – a Pilgrim’s Plea A waking prayer The Vision clear A prayer for humility ** Wise Men Once there were some wise men, They didn’t know the way, But they...

Christmas A Christmas Prayer Christmas Message When God was born Who Knew? The Christmas Caterpillar Bethlehemian Rhapsody ** Christmas (John1:1-14) Fumbling around in a frenzy, From September stress levels rise, Dates collide, Imagination falters As presents and experiences fail to satisfy The expectations of a world that walks In the darkness of denial and Dawkins....

(John1:1-14)   Fumbling around in a frenzy, From September stress levels rise, Dates collide, Imagination falters As presents and experiences fail to satisfy The expectations of a world that walks In the darkness of denial and Dawkins.   Yet all the time The light shines in that darkness, All the time The greatest gift shines...

Lord, as I enter into the fast-paced season ahead, help me walk slowly and quietly.  Let me stop and listen to the angels sing of the greatest news ever told.  Let my heart, mind and soul join the chorus. “Glory in the Highest!! The Messiah has been born!” Among all the bright sparkling lights and...

Away in a manger the baby lay, No blankets or pillows – just some hay. Shepherds watching their flocks by night Angels appear midst blinding light. Wise men travelling from afar Following a guiding star, Herod filled with rage within Planning to kill this new born king. What can this mean for us today? Just...

He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him – John 1:11 God appeared one night; the world slept on. Infant flesh disguised the Holy One, announced by angels singing in the sky, ‘Peace on earth and praise to God on high’ but who turned up?   Shepherds came,...

Who saw the man and pregnant girl Pressing through the crowded street Struggling through the human swirl On tired legs and aching feet? Who knew? Who heard her cries, in labour’s pain Deep within a battered shed? Who cared for their impoverished shame Who thought about her grassy bed? Who knew? Who, listening to an...

Sometimes, upon a Christmas day I wonder if there’s any way That Christmas might be quite a treat For those who have a few more feet! I really love my Christmas socks That fill, each year, my Christmas box O Santa, festive stocking filler, I wish I were a caterpillar! By Nigel Beeton

And finally, if you enjoyed the song Bohemian Rhapsody, and would like the ‘Christmas version’, complete with singing puppets, do visit this on You Tube.  It is from last year, but still well worth the visit!   https://youtu.be/IxvMkSKRWOA

Christ the King We call this life? Peace When Darkness Comes The Insomniac Owl Guy Fawkes Night ** Editor:  The last Sunday before Advent is the Sunday of Christ the King…. Christ the King (Luke 23:32-43) Scoffers at the Skull Place Pouring scorn On Christ the King. Criminals and soldiers mock As the shock of...