Devotion
A Prayer For Students And Teachers
O LORD OUR GOD WHEN YOU WANTED TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR LOVE AND YOUR TRUTH YOU SENT A SPECIAL TEACHER TO US: JESUS OF NAZARETH. JESUS AS A STUDENT GREW IN WISDOM. AS A TEACHER HE WAS PATIENT WITH SLOW LEARNERS; HE TAUGHT BY EXAMPLE, BY MODELING; HE USED MANY DIVERSE METHODS – PARTICULARLY […]
The Tale Of The Kite
Read: 2 Corinthians 5:12-21 Those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them. -2 Corinthians 5:15 Once there was a kite that loved to fly high. Nothing made it happier than to be caught in a stiff breeze that would send it soaring upward, far above the grassy […]
Individual And Corporate Spirituality
The bishop of Belley, Jean Pierre Camus, wanted to know if Francis de Sales was really as holy as he seemed to be. So he drilled a hole in the wall of his bedroom in the episcopal residence to spy on him. What did Camus discover? Only that Francis was the same in secret as […]
A Pride Of Faith
Christian Quotation of the Day Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 There is a pride of faith, more unforgiveable and dangerous than the pride of the intellect. It reveals a split personality in which faith is “observed” and appraised, thus negating that unity born of a dying-unto-self, which is […]
Smoking…
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:22:12 GMT From: (Keith Mason) Newsgroups: uk.religion.christian References: < (Annabel Smyth) wrote: ‘Incidentally, smoking only became a sin in about 1978 or so….. :-)’ This all depends on who was doing the preaching. Speaking as a pipe smoker, cough cough, I would like to make you aware, (if you are […]
Subject: Some Rilke
From: Alan Hirsch Dear Rowly, I thought I’d send you some Rainer Maria Rilke, my absolutely favourite poet _________ I am you, anxious one /Don’t you sense me, ready to break at your touch? /My murmurings surround you like shadowy wings. /Can’t you see me standing before you cloaked in stillness? /Hasn’t my longing ripened […]
Love/Hate: Conditional/Unconditional
> Bron4aur wrote: ‘It’s just that Christians are responsible for so much evil in the world. > Nevermind abusive priests, greedy televangelists, and religious cults > who are stacked to the teeth with military weapons and explosives – > > When i was a very young child,my mother used to tell me that i was […]
All Because
One of the great Scottish poets of this century was William Soutar. His life was a tragic one. He died in 1943 aged only forty-five. For twenty-five years he suffered a debilitating illness, and for the last ten years of his life he was completely helpless. Yet he had this great gift of writing and […]
An Order Of Service For Worship
Here is an example of an order of service for worship for a mainline church congregation. It has basically seven components: Approach, Confession and Reconciliation, Community, Listening to the Word, Response, Communion, and Commission and Benediction. [Theme: ‘Peak Experiences’] 1. APPROACH ‘Voluntary’: music to assist worshippers in preparation for worship. Organ quietens. WELCOME: ‘Good morning. […]
Face To Face: Praying The Scriptures For Intimate Worship
ADORATION O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens! (Psalm 8:1) Great and marvellous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For […]
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