Sheila Bridge Blog
"Let man's soul be a sphere and then, in this, the intelligence that moves, devotion is" These are lines from a poem by John Donne (1573-1631), hardly contemporary but still wonderfully insightful. We have all sorts of words for worship these days: praise/adoration/contemplation but I think loves this phrase, worship or 'devotion' is 'the intelligence... Continue Reading →
If the title of this post sounds arrogant, forgive me: I am using the word 'position' literally and I'm talking about a way to pray. Yesterday morning, as distressed as I was over the appalling loss of life in Paris, I was also very disturbed by the French President's declared intention to start a "merciless war... Continue Reading →
On day two of the retreat (see previous post) we were sent out into the garden to practise 'Terra Divina' - in simple language we were to spend twenty minutes listening to what God might say to us through the natural world. Not knowing much about trees and birds I found this intimidating. However I... Continue Reading →
I'm reading a book about a woman through whom God does amazing things. This is very challenging to me as my petty ego says to me 'how come God doesn't do amazing things through you?' (please don't anyone answer that with reassuring platitudes about me being amazing, I get that I'm 'amazing' in the normal... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17edn_RZoY This is especially for Edwina and for Simon both enduring horrendous chemotherapy regimes. I would have put it on FB but I can't work out how to load these kind of files on there. Just a little dog happiness to keep you going... DogsAndPeople You may also enjoy 'Bob the Dog does theology again'... Continue Reading →
Further to all these difficult situations I'm praying for where 'nothing' seems to be happening: yesterday I read this verse: 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14 (NKJV) Now this promise is good because a) it promises... Continue Reading →
Below is a link to the sermon this morning at St Peter and St John. I was speaking about how to keep on praying when we are tempted to give up. My thoughts in this sermon go hand in hand with the next Blog post (not quite published yet) called 'Don't Fall Out of the... Continue Reading →
I wrote this for our 'Worship for All'service this morning. Am putting it here for whoever it was that asked me for it. It was written in the style of a Bob Hartman poem - to be read dramatically - I used in a service entitled 'Finding God in Unexpected Places'. Jacob and his brother... Continue Reading →
There are a number of people close to me at the moment who are in very difficult situations. Some of them are in a place of peace with God even though they are in huge pain, they know God is far too big to 'fit in their pocket'. Some of them are frustrated, furious and... Continue Reading →
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