There are two sides to every picture, the front and the back, looking out and looking in; the picture is seen differently from different perspectives. I remember a time of waiting – a time of frustration and of hope, a time of planning and re-planning, a time of not knowing. I remember thinking, ‘What do […]
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God, in whose likeness all are made, teach us to see each other as you see us – each individual, nation and people – beautiful. Beloved. Valued beyond measure. Enable us to see as you see. God, who is love, teach us to love each other as you love us – from the very heart […]
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How shall I plumb your memory, O God, I that am fleeting as the dew of morning? How shall I acclaim your compassion? For you remember your people. When they wander pleading in the wilderness, When they are cast low beneath the earth, You do not forget them. By your hand the nations are shaken, […]
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At times, in the struggle 2 Corinthians 12.9 Tune: To God be the glory At times, in the struggle, the road seems too long, the deserts too arid, all joy drained and gone; our wilderness wand’rings risk searing each soul; we’re dried up and failing, long miles from our goal. But God knows how it […]
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This ancient Celtic prayer, the Rune of Hospitality, has no copyright ownership from anywhere. Feel free to adapt and use it as you see fit! It could be adapted to speak into your community life. We don’t all have cattle, nourishment from food and drink is not the only immediate need, and we don’t all […]
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A responsive prayer of intercession for our world Within our darkest night, Let your light shine. God of all creation, you hold the depths of the earth in your hands. You are closer to us than the air we breathe. Fill our souls with your wonderful love and light. Give us strength and courage to […]
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Light and shadow carve the stone of the cliff face morning and evening. The light is stronger than the stone. Each day sun and wind work their art on the sea, a different masterpiece every day. Creating God, I am your canvas. Your light, your wind, your grace raining down paint your Word on me, […]
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God of my breath, may the leaves of your trees in their billions open in me. The waves of the sea eternally bowing in prayer move in me. The cry of the hawk echoing in the canyon resound in me. The blessing rain coming down like tears, like hair, like a mother’s milk, come down […]
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This might be used as a corporate prayer, substituting ‘we’ for I’. It might also be used at a service of affirmation — an induction, ordination, baptism, re-commitment or confirmation, substituting ‘you’ for ‘I’. May I…. Hands at third eye centre: May I see things as they really are, and not as how I want […]
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Wild God – words to Jesus It seems to us that things would be much easier if you would just do what we ask, Jesus, If you were more compliant and co-operative, more flexible and adaptable, more open to follow agendas other than your own. But frustratingly, you refuse to be tamed, Jesus. You won’t […]
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When I was just a Queer Palestinian child, I didn’t know any better; God was multicolour. Feeling Their facets and hugging their multitudes of love, All was just being, nothing made of. Palestinian and Queer was a Tibetan Bowl’s ring, That I heard sung in the womb of Rumi’s wing. See it, right there on […]
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I am a child of God – As you are. In my face is reflected the likeness of God – As in yours. Why then do you despise the colour of my skin, The shape of my features, Or the texture of my hair? Why do you think that I must think Like you, Act […]
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31 March Transgender Day of Visibility Creator-God, mother and father of us all, you delight in all that you have made. We rejoice in the glorious diversity of your creation. You have room to hold us all inside your love. Rebel Christ, at home on the margins, you rejected the names and labels others imposed […]
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Ready-to-print music: God, The Soaring Eagle, music God, the soaring eagle, God, the mother hen, Architect and potter, shelter, shield and sun, Comforting the people others have condemned: You of many names, you nameless one: All our words of praise have just begun. God the gentle shepherd, God the mighty king, Crying out in […]
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Mirrors are liars. They do not show us ourselves, We are invisible, and this is pain, To be forced to go unseen. To hide, hide, hide, For safety or for someone else’s sake, And not show face, Until we know what face you want to see. But there is One who watched us grow, Since […]
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