I remind myself that, as I sit here now, God is gazing on me with love and holding me in being. I pause for a moment and think of this. Prayer A time of disengagement From routine. Desert. Emptiness. Wordless,…
This prayer was attributed to Sir Francis Drake but seems just as appropriate now as it was in the 16th Century. Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we have dreamed…
Today is Sanctuary Sunday, the close of Refugee Week. An old Celtic proverb reads: ‘It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.’ Human warmth, welcome and friendship are all forms of sanctuary, something we can all…
Yesterday (Saturday 17 th June) was the Commemoration Day in the Church of England of Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, social reformers. Born into a Bristol manufacturing family in 1844, Samuel Barnett was ordained in 1867 to a curacy at St…
Words of Light and Hope from Tony Hawes Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth – Epilogue My Grandad and I went for many walks after that one. I often listened for the prayers of the earth, but was never sure that…