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Sermon on Prayer and dealing with ‘unanswered prayer’
Take 6 bricks…
Jesus told a lot of stories and performed actions that were often all about how to make a lot out of not very much: the mustard seed of faith, the meal for 5,000 from a few loaves and fishes. If only Jesus had had Lego! I came across this extraordinary piece of information in Lego... Continue Reading →
Praying when Praying seems hard
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 →
Prayer: a ‘far away land’ or a place near to hand?
Yesterday I spent 45 mins trying to teach myself how to upload video clips from my PC onto my ipad. Not an idle waste of time but something I needed to master for Messy church next week. After much frustration and very little progress, I sat back and said (out loud), "Oh Lord if I... Continue Reading →
God isn’t always comforting (and why that isn’t a bad thing)
The blog post below was written in early March 2014 . It was the start of Lent and I'd been ill for a month. Little did I know then but I'd still be ill for another month. In early April I went back to work. By mid April (just before Holy Week) I went back... Continue Reading →
Listening in on Heaven
Last Sunday I was preaching about why the Bible contains 'horrible histories' (or are they 'helpful stories'? Maybe they are both). Almost as an aside I mentioned the idea of living with music of heaven humming in our heads. When we know ourselves to be in the middle of a difficult story with many twists,... Continue Reading →
‘Sit!’ ‘Pray!’ commanding my dog to pray…
This morning I confused my dog. For about a week now I have been listening to the New Testament on my ipod while I've taken Bobs for his half hour walk in the mornings. This morning we reached the story of the persistent widow, a story Jesus told to teach us to pray and not to... Continue Reading →
When God’s not answering your prayers
Last week I preached on Signs and Wonders in the Early Church. But I have to be honest with you when I saw the reading for the day, the story of Peter raising Dorcas from the dead, my heart sank. It’s a scary passage to preach on: as far as extreme discipleship goes raising the dead is right up... Continue Reading →
The Knots Prayer
Dear God, Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life. Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind. Erase the will nots, may nots, and might nots that find a home in my heart. Release me... Continue Reading →
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