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Category: prayer

  • More wisdom from Bonhoeffer

    I mentioned last week that I am receiving daily thoughts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Not directly, that would be impossible as he died at the end of WW2. But through segments of his writings sent to me in a daily email (from Bible Gateway). Yesterday’s words spoke volumes. See what you think. Intercessory prayer is also…

  • how to answer emails

    It can be a bit daunting when you switch on your computer and launch your email program and find that it is busy downloading 59 new emails: especially when you haven’t been away from the computer for very long (a couple of days). Some days there are many more! What’s the protocol for dealing with…

  • the parable of the pray-ers

    A man sat down to pray. He tried to imagine what God was like. He thought of God’s creativity: he considered the vastness of the Universe and the tiniest sub-atomic particles. He thought of God’s love: he considered Easter and what that says about the depth of God’s love, grace and forgiveness. He considered things…

  • a gem of a prayer

    I can’t remember where I heard of this (if it’s you, thank you and let me know so I can credit you!) but I heard of a church that decided to pray together every day. To gather together physically was impractical so they agreed that at 11am each day they would stop and simply pray…

  • Emergency blog

    Today’s entry is my 999th on my blog. Hence it is an emergency blog. I realise that this joke only really works in the UK, where the telephone number to dial for the emergency services is 999. There are other numbers in other parts of the world (eg 911 in USA, 112 in Europe), which…

  • C3H5N3O9*

    Today two of my Christian siblings are meeting for the first time. They are people who are unashamed of their faith and whose faith clearly makes a difference to how they live, how they treat others and how they are perceived by others. Everyone I know who knows who these people are speaks highly of…

  • lament

    I have remarked before on how protestant Christians in the UK seem to have lost the ability to lament. It’s not simply a wringing of hands and ‘woe is me’, it is a way of praying that expresses heartfelt emotions in a raw and honest way. Yesterday’s reading from Scripture Union’s Word Live was exploring…

  • prayer works

    I believe that prayer makes a difference. Don’t ask me to try to explain it in a relatively short bloggage. But I have experienced the difference that prayer makes in my own life, and have seen prayers answered for others. In fact all my prayers are answered. Before you stampede towards me with your lottery…

  • prayer for today

    Incarnate Christ, not distant or isolated but intimately present among us, help me to be more like you and less self-centred, self-absorbed and self-obsessed. When I am out and about help me not simply to glance or look at the people I meet: help me to see them as you see them. When I become…

  • Reflections from the sofa

    In the middle of a period of leave I’m sitting on the sofa at home and relaxing. The TV is off, I am on my own. Just me and my thoughts… and The Thought. I have been reflecting on the question of prayer. Did God really give us the gift of prayer so we could…