Tag Archives: Prayer
Prayer: Slavery and Exploitation
There are shocking cases of modern slavery and exploitation coming to court. The most recent concerns appalling abuse in Lincolnshire. This prayer is for all facing exploitation or enslaved today. It has a passing reference to the seventeenth century pamphlet … Continue reading
Sound of sheer silence: Elijah’s prompt to radical prophetic action
What do you expect to happen when you pray? Do you expect anything? If you have a sense of God speaking, what form does it take? These are some of the questions that come to us out of our first … Continue reading
Prayer before a Mystery Play
We live in a visual age. Drama, images and story-telling speak to us through all forms of media. Live theatre has a particular enchantment for exciting the imagination as it draws us into the story, as if present within it. … Continue reading
Prayer after Terrorist Attack
Yesterday (6th June) we came together again in the city centre for a minute’s silence following the London Bridge attack on Saturday night. We gathered to do three things: to remember those who died, those who are grieving and everyone … Continue reading
Silence for Manchester
Today (25th May) is the feast of the Ascension and the beginning of the Thy Kingdom Come wave of prayer. It is a day to be reminded that this is God’s world and we can have complete trust and confidence … Continue reading
Thy Kingdom Come: Pledge to Pray
There is a longstanding tradition of seeing the days between the Feasts of Christ’s Ascension and the Day of Pentecost as a time of prayer looking forward to the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is a time of watching … Continue reading
Journeying at a different pace
I don’t know if I am just being particularly aware of it this year, but a lot of people have wanted to hold meetings this week. And it is not just the secular world, which doesn’t hold much store by … Continue reading
