I’m doing French on Duolingo at the moment and alongside trying to remember how to spell keskersay* I’m struggling with the difference between savoir = to know and connaître = to know.** Apparently, one is for information and one for people. It’s a handy distinction. We should have different words in English, too. Knowing a … More Ps 139 – To Be Known
Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11 Water. There’s a lot of it about. The earth’s surface is 71% water, that jacket spud you’re having for lunch is ¾ water, and even you, the person reading this, are a “bag of mostly water.” 1 Your brain is almost entirely water. And where I live, … More ‘Water’ way to start!
Get Ready, the King is Coming! No, not Elvis, sadly. Although I’m sure he’ll feature on the Boxing Day TV schedule between re-runs of Bake-Off and a Carry On quadruple bill. Instead, (and no less thrilling) here’s the text of a sermon I preached last week on the theme of Get Ready, the King is … More Advent 2 – Get Ready, the King is Coming!
In what might be my maddest Christingle script yet, I present to you the awesomeness that is [drum roll] Dog-tingle! Yes, you heard that correctly. Christingle featuring a dawg. Click here for the script and a ‘what-you-need’ list (Primarily a patient dawg, if that’s not giving too much away.) Guaranteed to be memorable, not guaranteed to … More Dog-tingle – oh yes!
One of my most popular Advent resources is the awesome, magnificent, fantabulous Advent Flexagon. Click the link to get the PDF and video. But now there is more! Yes, you heard that right – another printable, foldable, colourable Advent yummy. This time it is based on the ever-popular fortune-teller / cootie catcher. I present to … More Flip-Flap Advent Story Teller
Devotionals are always popular for Advent. Here are a few you might like to look at. The first ones are for families and children, the later ones for adults. And look out next week for a fantabulous new Advent Craft, perfect for your Messy Church, schools work, afterschool event, Christingle or whatever. Just print and … More Advent Resources – 2
Remembrance resources this week, including another loose-parts story, usable with Out of the Box / Godly Play bits and bobs, or whatever you have handy. Click here for the script. We Remember You can find out more about Godly Play here and Out of the Box here Other Resources Just over the Ridge – poetic … More We Remember
Here is a story for wondering about Moses and God’s Glory passing by. It can be told with any loose-parts story-telling medium such as Godly Play, Out of the Box or whatever you have. Why not try Lego people? Click here for a PDF of the script and actions. Moses and God’s Glory The pictures … More Moses and God’s Glory – Ex 33, Ps 96
Yes, I know. You’ve barely done Harvest. Remembrance isn’t for another couple of weeks. But if you are planning a Nativity Play this year, you’ve been looking for scripts since June. (OK, maybe not quite June.) Whether you need a script for 60 small children, for a boisterous youth group or for a full church … More Advent Resources – Part 1
A fed-up gargoyle- abandoned and swathed in cobwebs. The building is being preserved, but as a showroom of the past instead of its original holy purpose. The expression caught by the sculptor in the stony face, and the resigned air of the arms all serve to brin g out the despair of neglect. Most visitors … More Neglected- Look, See, Pray
The Reflectionary 