6 Lockdown prayers 6 May the blessing of the Holy one be upon you like the north star shining bright or an arrow laid in virgin snow showing you the way holding you in love.
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5 Lockdown Prayers 5 Lord, my love for You starts somewhere in my stomach. It is the gentle urge to lift my arms up into the air like a child does when they want to be picked up and held. It is the need that moves down my legs, to my feet and my […]
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4 Lockdown Prayers 4 God, I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know what to say. For myself, I’m just grateful to you, that every day I can breathe and see your hand in all that is around me. But for others, I ask for your hand to be at work in miraculous […]
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3 Lockdown prayers 3 Oh God, My bum’s too big, my thighs too fat, I really don’t like this and that. My legs are short, my nose too long, and in my head there’s something wrong. I know that you created me, but I struggle with my sexuality. And gender’s quite confusing too, Is […]
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2 Lockdown prayers 2: Lord, when I was a child the monsters came for me at night. They hid under the bed or behind the wardrobe doors. But now that I am older, there are days when it’s me who hides under the bed or in the wardrobe. The monsters are outside, roaming the […]
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1 Lockdown Prayers 1: Holy One, in seeking you I find that you are not…. In the voice that says “you have no right to be”. In the hand that reaches into their bible and not their pocket. In the dark that says “I am the light, be terrified of me”. In those […]
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“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God”. Matthew 5:8 We’d lived in Hoboken for a while. We had a lovely railroad apartment on the top floor of an apartment building. The lounge was 24 feet by 12 feet, enormous by Hoboken standards. I was working at the Church in Manhattan, and […]
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A city built on a hill cannot be hid. Matthew 5:14 My pastor came to me. “The BBC want to film your wedding. Would you be OK with that?” It was to be part of a programme about same sex marriage. I said no, simply because I didn’t want my wedding day to be a curiosity, […]
....continue readingArmageddon – the end is nigh
He will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.. Matthew 25:32-33 When the final war comes people will be asked to bring their pets to the gathering. All of the cats will be placed on one side, and all the dogs on the other. Cats will be saved, dogs […]
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“The eye is the lamp of the body…” Matthew 6: 22-23 Healthy: What do you see? Why is this the case? Ask lots of questions. Listen to those who have first hand experience, personal experience. Get as close to the source as you can. Think of the possibilities. Take nothing for granted. Unhealthy: What do you […]
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