The bare necessities This is not one of those titles like The Naked Chef, which has nothing to do with nudity, this is about actual but naked bareness. I find it easier to pray in the nude. I am not talking about in church, I am not talking about turning up at Holy Trinity Church, …
Tag: Prayer
Pray for the Government
Pray for kings and all who are in high positions First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it …
Eloquent prayer
Eloquent prayer. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut …
Last prayers
Today was my last day reading the intercessions in church. At least the last for now. All our rotas come to an end in two weeks time. We are moving on to having two Sunday morning services, one more traditional with organ music at 9am and one less traditional with a worship band (guitars, drums …
The go between
Identity 40 blogs of Lent, day 22 I don't usually quote a whole chapter of the Bible, especially without introducing it. Instead I have highlighted like this the parts I am going to enlarge upon. Here's John chapter 17: 17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, …
I feel like I should pray, can you show me how?
"I feel like I should pray, can you show me how?" The words of a grieving boy after the death of his teacher. (See previous blog.) But how do we deal with a question like this? Jesus gave his disciples the Lord's Prayer when asked. It is a good blueprint for prayer. In reality when …
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The day God changed
14th March 2006 was the day God changed. Or at least it was the day God changed for me. That was the day I had an accident. I blogged about it not long afterwards over on a now defunct site. That led to all kinds of questions as to what God was like. What kind …
Why do we do that?
Why join in? Yesterday I attended Choral Evensong at York Minster. Today it was back to the usual. And I enjoyed both. In York, the professionalism of the cathedral choir and organist combined with the acoustics of the minster itself was powerful. Though the lack of anything to join in with was missed. We sat, …
Making an ass of myself 