Holding On
Wed 13 March
Help us to hold on Lord,when nothing seems to be happening,when prayers seem to be unansweredwhen the sky seems closed and heaven is quiet.Help us when we do not know …
Lyrical Riffs
Readings with repetitive, arresting phrases.Breath
Wed 13 March
Breathe on us dear Lord, we pray,as you did at creation,breathing life into us as people,breathing dignity and honour and purpose.Breathe on us dear Lord we pray,as you did in …
Praise
Tue 5 March
We praise you Lord and give you the gloryHelp us to know more of what it means to praise youWe worship you and give you honourHelp us to know more …
Thunder
Tue 5 March
As Jesus prayed for God to be glorified in him,his face set on the troubled road ahead, so the sky responded, rattled and rumbled with the message from his father.‘I am glorified …
Breeze
Fri 1 March
Lord, we only need to open the door a little, and the wind rushes in. The breeze finds a way. We don’t always feel ready to open the door to …
Bandages
Fri 1 March
Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” And Lazarus came out, bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!” John 11 …
Kintsugi Jeans
Sat 24 February
Dear God,I have a pair of what I call kintsugi jeans. They were starting to fall apart at the knee so I took some brown string and stitched them very obviously back …
Your Kingdom
Sat 24 February
Dear Lord, may your kingdom come, may your will be done…thank you that your kingdom is about all of life,save us from just placing it into a spiritual box.Dear Lord, …
The Builder
Sat 24 February
Unless the Lord builds the house, we may find we work in vain. unless the Lord builds the house, it may be as if we build on sand. Every house …
Mountains
Fri 16 February
We may not be like Moses receiving stone tablets,Or Abraham discovering the best kind of offering,Elijah powerfully defeating the enemy,Or Jesus bathed in wondrous glory.And our mountains may not be …
The Shepherd
Fri 16 February
The shepherd struck down,The burden of our mess laid on him,The one who crafted a perfect worldNow bearing the weight of it, brokenAcross his back, in the shape of a …
How Many
Fri 9 February
How many of us live with anxiety, Walk around with fear in our eyes, How many of us smile with hurting hearts, How many of us are held back by …
Ages
Fri 9 February
Age has never been a restriction to you,Never a barrier or a box or a reason to disregard,There’s a queue of people in heaven,Abraham and Sarah, Elizabeth and Zechariah,Simeon and …
Praying | Seeking
Fri 2 February
PrayingLord you already know our needs,Our wants, and our longings and fears,But you want to hear us express themIn our own words and our own ways.Thank you that you are …
Longings
Thu 25 January
As the deer longs for water in a dry land,So we long for your voice and for the work of your hand.In the big and small things,In our moments of …
The Race
Thu 18 January
At times we may feel like a world class athlete,leading the way in this race of life,at other times we feel like the prodigal son,struggling home, disappointed with ourselves,full of …
Let There Be
Fri 12 January
(A confession of sorts) Then God said, “Let there be pets and holidays and work and phones and TVs and homes and cars and gadgets and fashion and commerce and …
The Cost
Fri 12 January
We’ll never know the cost,The price paid for all those animalsSacrificed down the ages,All those birds and livestockBought and sold and offeredFor people gone wrong.But we do know the costOf …
Breath
Wed 10 January
The ancient craftsmen of oldMade images from wood and stone,And breathed on them to bring life,To make them images of their gods.You took dust and crafted people,Carefully and lovingly,And then …
Psalm for a New Year
Fri 5 January
The Lord is my time managerknowing the moments ahead.He leads me though the minutes,the days, the weeks, the months,calling me to take times to breatheand rest, especially when it allbecomes …