Written originally for Ascension Day, but usable throughout the year May you find time to stop and stare, to lift up your eyes. May you wonder at the miraculous and the beautiful, which are all around us waiting to be noticed. May your hope swoop and soar like a kite, trailing prayers behind it. And […]
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Living God, daily you create the world, remake it, and fill it with possibilities. When it comes to faith, help us to appreciate what we understand, to enquire about what we don’t understand, and to enjoy the journey in between… by John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford; from a Living Faith pamphlet entitled, ‘Christianity: a simple […]
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One minute he’s here and the next minute gone and no-one seems to know how. ‘Taken up to heaven’, says Mark. ‘As he was blessing them’, says Luke. Not a word from John, more concerned about Peter’s destiny. And Matthew? Just final instructions to his friends – To baptize, to teach, to obey – but […]
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