Remembrance is coming up soon. My training church has given me the sermon that day (thanks, I think) and I’ll be posting the script shortly. Btt in the meantime, here is the beautiful (and BAFTA-nominated) short animation, ‘Poppies‘ from CBeebies and a prayer to go with it. You can use the prayer before or afterwards, … More
Today was the perfect day to photograph the perfect water-lily. … More Being Perfect- Look, See, Pray
Seated here with a Bible, good coffee and good intentions, the world is a fine place and I have the opportunity to reflect on God, myself and the world. … More Good Intentions- Look, See, Pray
A calming influence, butterflies flit and float, then settle to bask and sup at their chosen refectory. … More Small But Beautiful- Look, See, Pray
May on Dartmoor is always a delight: soft air, warm sun, and new growth rising all round the traveller. What better way of spending a day of prayer? … More Be Happy- Look, See, Pray
Creation has been disordered, and the promise of the Kingdom of God is that all these things will be put right again. Jesus demonstrated mastery over the physical universe: calming the sea in a storm, feeding thousands with the equivalent of a tuna sandwich! … More Pollinate! Look, See, Pray
Dear Readers, for your delectation and delight I present … the Scriptural Stations of the Cross: an interactive, all-age (and remember, that does not mean ‘for the kids’) meditation on the Easter story, starting on the evening on Maundy Thursday and ending on Easter Morning. Click here for the 12-page PDF including readings, prayers and … More Scriptural Stations of the Cross
Here’s a super-duper resource for Holy Week and Easter: The Stations of the Cross – but not the ones featuring the totally fictitious Saint Scooby-Doo. (Sorry, did I say that out loud? I meant Veronica.) Each station has a New Testament Reading and a linked Old Testament passage, a short prayer and a suggested thing to … More Saint Scooby-Doo?
(repost) Well January was a long year, but we got through it, right? And now it’s almost Lent? Seriously? I’ve only just put the crib away! But panic not, dear ‘Flectioneers. I have some yummy resources for you. A few Lent devotional books, printable Puzzle Pages (great for take-home bags), and a beautiful Lent loose-part … More Ash Wednesday / Lent stuff
At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. These famous lines from Laurence Binyon’s poem, ‘For the Fallen’, conjure powerful images of poppies and old soldiers and people standing in silence. But for many – most – of us, the events about which they were written have faded into … More Sunset / Sunrise
