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Gardens as a place to reconnect
Appropriately, for this blog titled reconnected-place, there is good news about spaces to reconnect with God through nature: the Quiet Gardens Movement. Very generous people have recognised that space in nature can be a wonderful place to ‘read’ God’s mystery … Continue reading
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Tagged calm, connection, creation, nature
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The Lord’s Prayer in Glaswegian
The Lord’s Prayer in Scots by Jamie Stuart Continue reading
Another view of Christmas
serendipity (noun) – the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “a fortunate stroke of serendipity” I don’t regularly listen to Radio 2, but flicking through the channels while driving home last Thursday morning I came … Continue reading
Posted in 3 Minute Retreat, Contemplation, Mission, Prayer, Uncategorized
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Prayer, Photo, Poem
This prayerspace photo prompted the poem. Prayer Closet the silence of the white sheeting the hovering, brooding wings enveloping heaven parascending to earth sitting in the cloud of unknowing this womb of listening hear the almighty heartbeat calling closer, closer, closest … Continue reading
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Why people don’t go to prayer meetings (Frequently Unspoken Questions and Answers)
(An imagined conversation) There’s going to be a half-night of prayer (7 pm to 11 pm) this Friday. That’s nice for you. I won’t be there. Why? Look, I’ll be honest. It’s too boring. What do you think a prayer … Continue reading
Something is missing – Leonard Ravenhill
“You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there’s a fire. Likewise, when your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it!” “When I pastored a church in … Continue reading
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Tagged effective church, effective prayer, Leonard Ravenhill
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The StAnd – Year of Prayer – Week 13 – Workplace Chaplaincy
Prayer Focus – Week 13 Author: Ruth Morris – Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland at Stirling Baptist Church Family Life Centre Theme: Workplace Chaplaincy Scotland and people in the workplace People in the workplace carry responsibilities and pressures that are becoming increasingly difficult … Continue reading
Creating a Culture of Prayer – Jim Stern – Onething Leadership Summit
Jim Stern shares at the IHOP OneThing Leadership Summit on the needs to create a Culture of Prayer in the local church… this is a radical call to put prayer central to the ‘being’ of church. Here is just some … Continue reading
The Word we study has to be the Word we pray…
It has been over 15 years since I first read ‘The Ragamuffin Gospel’ by Brennan Manning, and it was well due a re-read. Today a couple of paragraphs have caught my attention and my heart.. and I’m sharing with you … Continue reading
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Tagged Brennan Manning, Contempation, Prayer, Word
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Spirituality is…
Spirituality is not one compartment or sphere of life. Rather, it is a lifestyle : the process of life lived with the vision of faith. Sanctity lies in discovering my true self, moving towards it, and living out of it. … Continue reading
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Tagged life, self god, Spirituality
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